N14 oil leak

That driverside leak sounds like the followers to me if its not bad I wouldnt mess with it if u take the covers off it will have to be jig timed and u will be paying some coin 4 that. I see ur from ga im from athens.

 

Those plates or covers are shimed from what I understand to set ur cam timing u use a jig to measure ur cam lobes and shim the covers to correct position its not something u can do or just any shop can do what I was told is if they arent pouring oil leave them alone u might check and make sure they are all tight they have been known to get a little loose and leak. I have been running trucks 4 a long time and they all leak some if I seen one with any miles at all that didnt leak any oil I would be wondering what was going on with it or if it had oil in it. Mine usually uses/leaks about a gallon between 15000 mile changes always has. As long as it doesent have alot of blow by and good oil pressure I think mine runs about 32-35lbs when its hot and runs between 200-210 degrees.In the summer time. I would say get the leaks to a minimum but I dont pull a head just because its leaking a little oil so keep it with in reason get u a oil analisis to let u know where ur at. I would really be suprised if that motor hasent been inframed but they will run that many without it sometimes but I would expect it to have a bit off blow by and pretty low pressure at that point.

 

Thats alot of oil it shouldnt be hard to locate at that rate. I would recommend some places that could help u at a very reasonable price in ga but advertising is not alowed on this site and I dont want to break the rules.

 

It's prolly just one of the follower cover bolts loosened up, I had the same problem, guy I bought the truck from had just done the gaskets(around $1600) and a couple of the bolts have loosened up. Also if you did the accy. drive gasket I hope you got it timed right when you put it back together, if not you cannot set the overhead

 

to do cam follower gaskets, u don't need any special jig. pushtubes need to come out, starter, ecm and air compressor need to come off. with the electronic timing, your gaskets will have the thickness wrote on them just take them to the dealer and get the same gasket. thier are 2 dowels in the covers that line everything up, make sure they go back in and u don't lose them

 

I just said that because the greasemonkey that did mine the week before I bought it didn't time it, just threw it back together, Talk about a PITA

 

a little blue loctite does wonders lol