mexicoF250
11-18-2009, 07:46 PM
Sadly, I am having to start a thread for my HPOP leak. I've read about 15 of them, and it seems most people get lucky with having an o-ring go out.
So after a couple hours of cleaning and investigating . . . I pinpointed the leak to be coming from the VICINITY of the rear oil plug. Easiest one to pull . . . pulled it, and the o-ring on it was trashed . . . so I replaced it 2 days ago and figured all should be well.
Seems I'm especially lucky . . . the oil leak is definitely not as much or as big . . . but, I am still getting a leak. I honestly cannot figure out from where, but I am about 95% sure it is leaking from that big flat end next to the rear plug. The HPOP is wet just underneath that part, and the rest of the pump is dry everywhere else that I can tell. The "non-serviceable" plug doesn't seem to be wet at all, but it is hard to tell down there . . . but certainly it is still leaking, NOT from the rear oil plug, and almost certainly from that flat area which I'm not sure whether or not I can get something to fix it.
#1, does anyone know if this part is known to leak? Is it under high pressure, and if it is leaking, is it serviceable?
#2, if it is serviceable, where do I find whatever would be needed to stop the leak?
I'm really lost at this point . . . because none of the classic leaking points seem to be wet . . . and to further my discouragement, when I went inside the engine a couple days ago, I found 2 different wire plugs that were not connected. I found a unplugged fitting on the HPOP, and plugged the one that fit in there (must have come from there right?) and then I searched high and low within the radius of the other plug . . . cannot find where it came off of. It branches out of a thick mass of wiring right behind the HPOP and has a small metal clip that swivels on the end of it. It runs 2 wires . . .
And it does NOT clip into the HPOP next to the rear plug because an identical plug is plugged into that one. Ideas and help please?
So after a couple hours of cleaning and investigating . . . I pinpointed the leak to be coming from the VICINITY of the rear oil plug. Easiest one to pull . . . pulled it, and the o-ring on it was trashed . . . so I replaced it 2 days ago and figured all should be well.
Seems I'm especially lucky . . . the oil leak is definitely not as much or as big . . . but, I am still getting a leak. I honestly cannot figure out from where, but I am about 95% sure it is leaking from that big flat end next to the rear plug. The HPOP is wet just underneath that part, and the rest of the pump is dry everywhere else that I can tell. The "non-serviceable" plug doesn't seem to be wet at all, but it is hard to tell down there . . . but certainly it is still leaking, NOT from the rear oil plug, and almost certainly from that flat area which I'm not sure whether or not I can get something to fix it.
#1, does anyone know if this part is known to leak? Is it under high pressure, and if it is leaking, is it serviceable?
#2, if it is serviceable, where do I find whatever would be needed to stop the leak?
I'm really lost at this point . . . because none of the classic leaking points seem to be wet . . . and to further my discouragement, when I went inside the engine a couple days ago, I found 2 different wire plugs that were not connected. I found a unplugged fitting on the HPOP, and plugged the one that fit in there (must have come from there right?) and then I searched high and low within the radius of the other plug . . . cannot find where it came off of. It branches out of a thick mass of wiring right behind the HPOP and has a small metal clip that swivels on the end of it. It runs 2 wires . . .
And it does NOT clip into the HPOP next to the rear plug because an identical plug is plugged into that one. Ideas and help please?