Oil in exhaust

Minuteman96 · Jan 20, 2022

This doesn’t look right to me but I’m still fairly new to these engines. I know they usually seep oil but obviously there’s quite a bit. Should I be concerned? I haven’t noticed any smoke at all from the exhaust and I always keep a close eye on it because this is my daily driver.

Big Bart · Jan 20, 2022

From the pictures you have oil dripping on the exhaust, but it does not look like it is coming out of your exhaust. This area gets wet when you have a diesel leak or valve cover leak.

NeverHave-I-Ether · Jan 20, 2022

Check your valve covers and CDR valve on the back of engine behind the air intake. They are notorious for leaking. My truck leaks the same way right into my exhaust pipes and I pinned it to the valve covers. For me passenger side rear. On my photos you can see how dirty and caked they were, then see the leak after it's cleaned off.

Minuteman96 · Jan 20, 2022

Yeah it’s definitely my valve cover on the drivers side. Thanks guys.

Black dawg · Jan 20, 2022

If they are the original gaskets, try snugging up the bolts before you replace the gasket

JParson · Jan 25, 2022

Tighten the valve cover bolts. They are bad about backing off. Mine looked the same way. Put a wrench on it and snugged them up and problem was solved.

Old Goat · Jan 25, 2022

Few winters back the Water Pump started leaking, and being the woosy I am and not wanting to work in the cold, had a shop do the work.

They mentioned about the leaky VCs so yeah go ahead and do them too.

later on they started to leak. I thought why not remove ea bolt, blow out the holes with Carb Cleaner, clean off the threads, and use Lock Tight. Worked like a charm.
For the most part it is pretty dry, did have to tighten a couple bolts though.

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