engine oil leak (Detroit)

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  1. rock027

    rock027 Bobtail Member

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    Picture added
     

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  3. fatmike02

    fatmike02 Light Load Member

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    bro thats hard to say for sure. Gonna have to clean your engine real good and monitor it. I just picked up a buddies truck with detroit last week from shop. He was losing oil from his cam seal. But his truck is a 94 freightliner
     
  4. AModelCat

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    Step one when chasing an oil leak on something that oil covered is to give it a good bath. Then take it for a drive and see where the leak originates from.
     
  5. rock027

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    Here are some pictures where it was clean and then start leaking. What do you think?
     

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  6. AModelCat

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    Looks like somewhere up front. Front crank seal? Maybe front cover leaking? Kinda hard to say.
     
  7. Hulld

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    Hard to tell.
    But looks like it originates from the top front.
    Maybe diamond seal or top cam cover to case gasket?
     
  8. rock027

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    do you think that splash stains are coming because the fan? it looked cleaned before then the splash.
     
  9. Hulld

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    It looks like it is coming from the front cam area underneath the upper bracket.
     
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