Big gash near oil pan? Or in oil pan?

[Ct96]

I attached photos. Went to change my oil and noticed this big gash near my oil pan. What the heck?!? It looks like it popped from pressure. This is definitely not normal right??? How bad is it to keep driving the truck for now? (It's my only work truck)

1992 7.3 idi in a Ford f350 dually 2 door body...

Im freaking out !! Please advise
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[Therkhan7_3Turbo]

Do not fret thats the flex llate/ flywheel inspection plate. Probably have a bad rear main seal where the oil is coming from

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[Ct96]

Do not fret thats the flex llate/ flywheel inspection plate. Probably have a bad rear main seal where the oil is coming from

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I feel like a *******. So it's supposed to be open like that? Thank you for your reply. The leak isn't bad at all so I'll just ignore that.

 

[Therkhan7_3Turbo]

I feel like a *******. So it's supposed to be open like that? Thank you for your reply. The leak isn't bad at all so I'll just ignore that.

Not supposed to be like that, is it auto or stick? If it's stick it's possible the clutch blew a part a little bit and wrecked the inspection cover, could be from previous owner though. I wouldn't worry about it if the truck drives fine

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[Ct96]

Not supposed to be like that, is it auto or stick? If it's stick it's possible the clutch blew a part a little bit and wrecked the inspection cover, could be from previous owner though. I wouldn't worry about it if the truck drives fine

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It's stick, that would make sense. It does drive fine, I'll just ignore it then. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't dumping lubricant out of that hole. Transmission fluid or oil or otherwise. The truck has 140k miles so someone probably has done the clutch at some point.

Thankyou again!!

 

[Therkhan7_3Turbo]

It's stick, that would make sense. It does drive fine, I'll just ignore it then. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't dumping lubricant out of that hole. Transmission fluid or oil or otherwise. The truck has 140k miles so someone probably has done the clutch at some point.

Thankyou again!!

No problem, it's not a bad idea to pull it off and inspect the clutch, it's 4? 7/16? Or 1/2" just make sure you're not missing part of the ckut h, it'll also show you how much material is left.

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[IDIBRONCO]

Actually it is supposed to be like that. I'd guess that it's to let out anything that gets leaked out by the rear of the engine or the front of the transmission. If you look at it closely, that's close to, if not the part of the inspection cover. Can you imagine how much fluid would build up in there before it leaked out over the sides of the cover? Why it's such a big "slit", I have no real idea.

 

[Therkhan7_3Turbo]

Actually it is supposed to be like that. I'd guess that it's to let out anything that gets leaked out by the rear of the engine or the front of the transmission. If you look at it closely, that's close to, if not the part of the inspection cover. Can you imagine how much fluid would build up in there before it leaked out over the sides of the cover? Why it's such a big "slit", I have no real idea.

My auto has like a drain tube on it. Maybe manual is different?

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[IDIBRONCO]

Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing a few with that tube. Maybe it's only on the E4ODs. It seems like the C6s didn't have the tube.

 

[Macrobb]

Yeah, that's normal. My ZF5's came with inspection covers like that.

I personally just remove the darned things; I know it lets water and such up there, but meh. Never had a problem.

 

[nostrokes]

Yep supposed to be like that. It let's all the crud and crap out so it doesn't get up into the clutch. Some e4od's have the tube, mine doesn't....

 

[ttman4]

Yeah, that's normal. My ZF5's came with inspection covers like that.

I personally just remove the darned things; I know it lets water and such up there, but meh. Never had a problem.

Yeah That's normar & I've always removed mine & no problems.

 

[Ct96]

Thanks all, I can rest easy then !!