i just got a 92 f150 and it has a oil leak i powerwashed the underside to where it was commin from and it looks to be above the oil pan? i thought it would just be the seal on the oil pan am i missing somehting? are there any other problems with this year of truck? i plan on making it a lifted truck
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danny

Coming from the back? Rear main seal. If the leak is from in front, behind the pullies, then from the front main seal. Valve cover gaskets are a cheap fix, and judging from the year of the truck, likely due.

If it has the 5.0 L engine they had a problem with the oil pan gaskets blowing out, they make a new updated gasket for them now but it is a major pain in the butt to change in the truck, I know I had one and now drive a GMC.

Also look for rust spots on the oil pan . These spot will start an oil leak as time goes on. Sometimes it's better to pull the motor out to replace the oil pan and rear main seal and the front crank seal. Also you my want to look at the freeze plugs too? This is only mine opinion. GOOD LUCK :(

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Try this danny. I am member ASE MASTER.

I dont get on there to much tho, because SWRules :yee: ;)

probably the oil pan rusted out.

Oh yes, how could I forget the Ford exclusive, oil pans that rust from the inside out, the memories are coming back now.

i have a 300 |6 manual .. the oil pan is not rusted at all it "looks" to be commin form above the oil pan its not commin from the oil pan plug i already changed the seal on that

Danny,the leak is probably coming from the lifter side cover,if it is leaking from the drivers side.

well i found it ... its the oilpan seal on the driverside and it was just blowin the oil around cuz i drive a little to fast the seal must be cracked the whole length of the pan :( but hey it will give me someing to do in the shop this week :D and then im sure ill pull the sled out and make sure it still runs but lookin for the leak i found lots of other stuff to fix haha o well thanks for the ideas .. when lookin for them i found a few other bad things to fix

thanks


danny

Hey team artic, you can change that gasket without actually taking the pan out of the truck(which is a pain,as you have to take the pump,pickup and drive out inside the pan).What we do is lift the trans mount about three quarters of an inch,remove the fan shroud and mount nuts.This is where the ship in a bottle part comes in, get a new updated ford 1 piece reinforced gasket and drop it into the pan which will be hanging down about 3 to 4 inches now,and simply fish it out of the pan and start feeding it up to the pan rails.We can usually knock one of the gaskets off in around an hour.The tricky part is getting the now oillly gasket to stick to the block esspecially the rear locating dowels. Hope this helps free up some time to work on your cat(you probably need it)

Originally posted by john breedon@Sep 30 2002, 10:24 PM
Hope this helps free up some time to work on your cat(you probably need it)
HEHEHE. :D

bartman,why not the big brown truck?butch800 will like that avatar.