Engine Crankshaft Seal Savers ?????

[chris142]

You could try putting a couple quarts of high mileage oil in it. I have not seen a diesel rated or oil but the regular gasoline engine oil a couple quarts or so should be fine for a thousand miles or so

 

[idiabuse]

This video displays the Lube filter for the engine, good video to watch, enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x295J7Ggeds

Javier

 

[mariner45]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the comments. The old truck is working fine apart from the new (last year or so) oil leakage. Until a couple of years ago I doubt if I lost a litre (or quart) over 5,000 miles - usually half of that between oil changes was the norm. Now I get the leaks and loss - not serious yet, but losses over time.

I have also been doing a bit of searching and two products seem to come up a lot. Bars Oil Seal additive and Lucas - I have never used either so it is new to me.
I think I will try some Bars and see what happens. I can live with the leaks for now, though I obviously don't like it. I will post back after trying the product and let you know what I found - if anything.

I have been using the old F250 for winter driving and the Dodge for the rest of the year.

Thanks again for the comments.

mariner

 

[79jasper]

Maybe you're just not driving it enough?.....

How many miles a month do you drive it?

When I first got the 88 f250 I had, the valve covers leaked pretty good until I started driving it longer distances.

 

[junk]

With the type of leakage your talking I would probably just live with it. Now if you need to do any work then I'd replace seals. I hate driving things that I have to check the oil in, but the seals are fairly involved to change.

If you have good results with any of the miracle in a bottle stuff let us know. I'm a fan of seafoam for cleaning up gas fuel systems.