ISX oil leak

[Waterloo]

(08-14-2019 )TallBoy441 Wrote:  

(08-12-2019 )Rawze Wrote:  if you install any plates, you will need Unilevers or mommaburt to make a custom program. Otherwise, it will have a turbo derate all the time.

Also, a lot of those "kits" are not so good quality. I have seen many that come apart, crack, burn through, etc. after a few months or a couple years and take the turbo or engine out along with them.

Definitely want to have that done then. Do I need pull the cams & inspect bushings while front cover is off ? If the bushings were worn would it show signs on the rollers / rockers ?

Pull the cams? Do you know for sure that is where the oil leak is coming from? With the fan running, and an oil leak on the front cover if could be anywhere. Did you invest in a box of the oil dye and the black light kit to know for sure where the leak is?

Clean the front of the motor with Dawn and warm or hot water, dump in around 6 bottles of UV oil dye, run the truck for a few days and break out the black light and glasses. The leak may be something as simple as a front cover leak.

And if it is the cam seals at the gears leaking, which it could be, but from my experience those appear at the top of the cover... I would run to Napa and get a box of dye and see where it is really coming from before tearing everything apart.