This is my wifes daily driver...yesterday I swapped injectors out back to the factory originals. My first time unsupervised but all seemed to go well and didn't have any left over parts! Today she taook it to Wichita Falls and back, about 50 mi. one way, with no problems. We get back home tonite after going to my parents for dinner, and when we pulled back in the driveway I noticed in the headlights of my truck that there is oil all over the tailpipe and rearend. Its dark and sprinkling out but I crawled under and found the entire underside of the truck coated in oil. Checked the dipstick and found it to be approx. a gallon low. Noticed that the oil starts at about the blowby tube, which is itself dry to the touch, on the drivers side up and forward of it is clean...but seems to go up further on the pass. side. but can't really tell cause its dark. Checked the engine bay and it looks like it has a light film on the firewall but nothing like is on the underside. The inside of the tailpipe is dry as is the area around the turbo. I also ran a rag along the back left side of the valve cover and it came up relatively clean. I can't see where the leak is coming from and hoped you guys would have some insight. PLEASE HELP!

 

Nevermind I fixed it. When I put the valve cover back on the other day I must have brushed the rubber seal on top of the injectors or something and pulled a small section out of place. took the valve cover off this morning and reset it so we should be good to go. I can't believe that much oil could blow out of that 1 inch gap in the valve cover seal.

 

Dam lucky you caught it eh??

 

Yea. A gallon of oil is alot of oil.

 

Yeah it turned out to be just over a gallon. Talk about dropping lead turds when you see that much oil under your vehicle. All I could think was catastrophic failure and my wife had no idea what was going on! I tell her to pay attention to the truck when she walks up and to listen to the sounds and feelings but you know what thats like?...