Oil Leak From Drain Plug

[JRJ04]

My 2011 has the hard plastic oil pan and squirrely plastic quarter turn drain plug. For a while now, I've had a little leak from where the plug is and assumed it was the o-ring going back on the drain plug. So, i went ahead and just purchased a new drain plug and installed when i did my last oil change. Well...now the darn thing is leaking even worse.

Any ideas what could be wrong here or what I can do to fix this? Hate do drain the T6 i just put in...

 

[BIG JOE]

Have you checked with Ford ? Maybe there's a TSB on it ?

I'd put the T6 back in, after the fix.

Joe

 

[JRJ04]

Took it in to the dealer...sure enough...oil pan was bad! They replaced it with the newer pan that is metal now so all is well. My service guy also noticed the egr cooler was starting to leak, so i got a new one of those along with new coolant at 85k miles! All under the 5/100k warranty. Good to go for a while again.

 

[BIG JOE]

Took it in to the dealer...sure enough...oil pan was bad! They replaced it with the newer pan that is metal now so all is well. My service guy also noticed the egr cooler was starting to leak, so i got a new one of those along with new coolant at 85k miles! All under the 5/100k warranty. Good to go for a while again.

Glad you Got'r Dun. It's Good to know yer "Service Guy" and also see that... FORD stood behind their warranty stuff too.

Joe

 

[Tbar]

Kool......glad you got it fixed.

So they aren't having to pull the engine.....turn it upside down and install the pan with special adhesive anymore?

 

[Ziefer92]

Must be very good mechanic at your dealer. Good claim of the warranty.

 

[JRJ04]

Kool......glad you got it fixed.

So they aren't having to pull the engine.....turn it upside down and install the pan with special adhesive anymore?

Nope, pan comes right off with 10 bolts or so. put some gasket maker on there, bolt up and refill. all done!

 

[Rags Jr]

Just got a 2011 F450 in June. It still has the plastic oil pan and yellow plug. No problems until I got the oil changed last Friday. Now there's a slow drip about every 35-40 seconds. Could it be anything else besides a bad oil pan?

 

[DaveBen]

I would take it back to who ever changed your oil and MAKE them PAY! They screwed up your NEW truck.

 

[JRJ04]

Highly unlikely that it is anything else, but could be the o-ring on the drain plug has gone bad. In any case, if you don't want to mess with having the dealer replace it...you can pick up a metal pan on ebay for about $60 and do it yourself. Not all that involved, i just didnt want to mess with it and it was under warranty