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CAT D8K small oil leak question

fiat41b ยท 2021-06-22 22:35

My D8k has a small oil leak at the front right side of the engine if your sitting in the operators seat it puddles up in the just area where i think it may be coming from there are 3 small hoses secured to the front right side of block just above oil pan bolts the belly pan has a seam across it i probably have some dirt-debris build up just under front of oil pan as the other side is dry as a bone and clean as no oil has made its way over there i did drag it out of the corner into next section so i could drain it off and start to find the leak my oil level has not dropped much but it does not take much oil to look like alot anyway i need to fix i put a clean blue paper towel down in that corner and i seen dripping on it it looked like the tiny lines that are attached to side of block have the drip a drip out of 1 and a drip out of another 1 drip then drip back and forth i believe these tiny lines come off the bottom of the hour meter and fuel transfer the other line dont leak oil its the line from the fuel filter housing that you bleed the air out of if this makes sense. can one of you Guru's tell me what might be going on here i dont think its oil pan bolt or front main seal

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  1. #1Bluox2021-06-22 23:03

    As best as I can tell buy your description they may be drain lines for witness holes on the pump drives and the accessory drive. A picture would help. Bob

  2. #2heymccall2021-06-22 23:07

    Serial number? D342 engine? Pictures?

  3. #3Vetech632021-06-23 08:09

    That's exactly what he is seeing. Get your wallet out.

  4. #4fiat41b2021-06-23 09:55

    serial #66v all d8k's have d342 engines they could be there is oring in there maybe its bad

  5. #5fiat41b2021-06-23 10:03

    Its these small lines in referring to found not rotate the pic

  6. #6fiat41b2021-06-23 10:04

    Off the service meter and the one behind it

  7. #7fiat41b2021-06-23 10:08

    Pic

  8. #8Bluox2021-06-23 11:22

    The serial number should be 17S or 50V it's on the engine. The hour meter should be a seal in the hour meter and the accessory drive tube should be a seal on the fuel transfer pump. Bob