Engine Oil Leak

mikebike357

mikebike357

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So my Foz has been leaking a bit. There was oil all over the top of the block on the passenger side. I cleaned it off and resealed the oil temp sensor that goes into the oil gallery plug on the top of the block. The spread of teh oil is on the back half of the block, passenger side only. The mess was all over the back, down thru all the parts to the plastic tray underneath and on the header pipe.

I'm not losing any coolant... just oil.

After cleaning everything off again to where it's nice and dry (thanks brake cleaner!) A damp spot appeared under a mess of wires & stuff in front of the oil gallery plug & pcv valve location. (it was dry around each of those though). Oil appeared to be leaking from somewhere below too because the header pipes were sizzlin and smokin' unless that was just leftover brake cleaner.

Any ideas? it's only on the passenger side.

 
Any chance it may be power steering fluid leaking from the pump? We've seen a few of those. It runs out the back side of the pump and pools on the block just to the passenger side of the oil pressure switch.

 
Hmmm... it sure looks and smells like oil.

I haven't driven in a couple days (been biking) so I need to check the power steering juice to see if it's low. Good point tho. It's about the exact location of my issue.

 
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