So I crawled under my car today and noticed that the front and bottom of my engine (and surrounding components) is getting sprayed with a **** ton of oil. Seems like the pulleys are slinging it around from somewhere. The blower feed/drain at the blower end seem to be dry. The other ends are wet but I can't tell which one, if any, is where the oil is coming from. The crappy drain hose from vortech is my first choice. I wasn't sure if anyone had any input on other possible culprets.

 

My engine used to get pretty soaked just from blow-by. Do you have a catch-can?

 

No catch can, but the top of the motor is relatively clean so its gotta be coming from the bottomish area, no?

 

My 97 4 valve was spraying oil out of the bottom end; it turned out to be bad o-rings in the oil cooler assy. Do the 4.6 SOHC engines have an oil cooler, where the oil filter attaches (and coolant from the radiator also flows through?) Check for that - 40.00 for a new o-ring kit and mine is as dry as a bone now...

 

Yea, they have it. Ill check it out thanks.

 

im not sure if all 2v engines have oil coolers, mine does not and neither does my Mk VIII

 

Now that you say that, IDK if its an oil cooler or not. But my filter attaches to it and I can remove it from the block. I am pretty sure it had coolant ports running through it.

 

probably coming from the drain hose. I had to use 3 clamps to keep it sealed up good

 

Oil filter adapter plate gasket is my choice. Look where your oil filter screws in and see if it's leaking from that plate.

 

i think ford calls it the oil filter stand off?
http://cpwstore.carpartswholesale.co.../FPCS9790.html
its the gasket in the lower left hand corner