6 7 Cummins Oil Pan Gasket Leak
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6 7 cummins oil pan gasket leak. I have a 2011 dodge ram 3500 with a 6 7 cummins diesel with 242 000 miles. The 6 7 cummins race truck project gets a couple of things fixed and a couple new mysteries arise. Coming out at bottom of pulley that has my serpentine belt on. Oil pan removal southcoastautoservice pierre bartley.
The dealer now at 64 000km realized that the leak was not resolved and suggested that the oil pan gasket be changed. I am no master mechanic by any means but i got through this just fine with a little bit of patience 2 swivels and a crap pile of extensions. I m not sure if its coming from the front main. Upper oil pan gasket has been replaced along with the rear main seal because why not do it while i am there.
I had a crankshaft gasket replaced did not do anything for it. In this view you can see the oil pan drain leak area right and a spot from oil dripping off the filter left. The 6 7l composite pan might be made of space age plastics but it leaks like a stone age tar pit. I am not a mechanic what kind of money am i looking at to fix.
The underside of the 24 valve cummins is covered in oil splatter from an oil leak somewhere. Published on dec 21 2018 for 2017 ford superduty 6 7 powerstroke diesels there is a chance of a small oil leaking coming from the upper oil pan. I have a 2014 2500 with the 6 7 cummins engine. The dealer thought the rear main seal was leaking at 40 000 km so it was changed and i also had installed a single mass clutch.
The oil leak persisted. If anyone else has to do this. There is a tappet cover on the left side of the engine where the gasket gets old and rots. The job sounds like a huge undertaking which it was however it was easier than most vehicles that i have worked on.