Ok, i know i haev an oil leak but i have no clue where it is coming from. i just checked the dipstick and the oil level seems to be at about half....closer to the minimum side. i noticed when i left work that my drivers side "thing" (can't think of name) was darker than the pass. side and i touched the small puddle that came from that part onto my tire and onto ground and it smelled like oil. i can't seem to see where its coming from and when i drive it, it doesn't smell like burnt oil or anything so i assume its not a gasket? i only got one pic cuz its raining and don't want to mess up my new camera...any ideas?




^^^you can see where the oil is in this pic cuz the little bubbles
it comes from up top somewhere but can't really narrow it down

 

check your powersteering, if you overfill it or if you turn the wheels with the engine off it will come out of the cap and shoot down the side of the engine. thats the only thing i have seen that could get down to the control arm.

 

powersteering looks full but there is a bunch of crap around it but i dunno why it keeps happening. its happened like 3 times already i dunno

 

Are you sure it is not antifreeze?From the picture it looks like coolant to me.

 

nah...i touched it when it left a puddle on the ground and it was brownish and smelled/felt like oil. im bringing it in tomorrow to put on a lift and get a good look at it...hope for the best... i really can't afford to have something major be messed since im in school and don't work too much

 

That tie rod end looks like you need to replace it.
Pretty nasty looking.

 

haha i know about that but the thing im worried bout is that leak....looks like its coming from up top somewhere...ill find out today hopefully

 

So much is oily/dirty/wet down there its gonna be hard. Clean it all off and see where it starts getting oily again.

And that is one funky tie rod end you got there.

 

O ok, it looks like it is coming from your oil filter. Check to make sure your oil filter is screwed on tight enough or that the seal is in there properly.

 

That would be my guess. I had oil leaking last weekend. Come to find out the Ford dealership that did my oil change 2 months ago didnt tighten the filter enough....

 

yea i put big tires on my truck and as soon as i did i turned the wheel with the power off and it shot out powersteering fluid from the cap (there is a little hole in the top) i dont know if theres something wrong with it but it seems fine now. it shot it towards the battery and it ran down the side down the engine. i dont know if its the same case for you but it sounds similar. check the fluid on your finger if its a reddish consistency its powersteering. Most fords take ATF in the powersteering....any squeeking when you turn? otherwise those guys are right too, the oil filter is on the driver side and may be loose... just check the color of the fluid

 

fluid is brown and smells and feels like oil...what sucks is its pouring right now and hard to see anything haha

 

it can't be the oil filter that picture is of the left front the oil filter is on the right of the truck.

Now the power steering could be it because I've also been noticing fluid on top of my PS cap and I found some going down the side of the tube. My power steering fluid is brown, I definitly could mistaken it as oil since there the same color.

 

WRONG...99 3.0 filter is on the left...the hose that catches the spilt oil from the filter when doing and oil change actually runs right down along the control arms on the inside of the frame...It is possible for the filter to be leaking for...The "O" ring may be messed up.

 

all around the filter is dry... i jus checked it. hopefully wednesday i can see where the leak is really coming from the lifts were all being used today which sucks

 

that stinks, hmmmm....it still could be really dirty power steering fluid.....not sure other than that

 

well it is a ford...my ps fluid is gross and always was...even after flushing it its gross 2 days later...

 

Sorry, didn't know you you had a 3.0L.

 

it was really dirty power steering fluid. really helps putting the thing on a lift haha. its the steering rack! BOO
now i just gotta cough up some money for a new one plus labor, alignment and a camber kit lol

 

hey let me know how much it all costs, i have to do the same thing on my mustang i just want to get a general idea cause yours will probably be fixed before i even check to see.

 

well, i know that the rack itself is 220. i didn't find out the labor haha i forgot to. ill call and get an estimate on it in a few min and edit haha
ok im waiting on a call back...im getting an estimate on the rack, camber kit, alignment, and labor.

 

Get that tie rod replaced while your at it if you got the money. Looks like rusty heaven. Glad you found out it was your PS and not nothing major.

 

I went to go get an alignment on my ranger once and the mechanic told me I needed new camber bolts and said it would be $300. I do everything on my truck myself (excluding tires and alignment) but I put the camber bolts in myself and it was a piece of cake. I only cost me $40?? in parts....well some where around there. What part of Mass you from btw?

 

haha yeha its 40 for the camber kit. im about 30-40 min from worcester.
your truck wouldn't happen to be gray would it? i just read your profile says u have a sub and stuff i see one in fitchburg all the time with a sub bumpin haha a gray extended cab.

 

O man, I forgot I still had that on there. I got rid of the system a year ago lol. The only thing I listen to is rock and your really don't need the subs for that. I need to get a pic up of my truck. It is black and it's a single cab. From what I see in your Avater, your truck looks pretty sick! Do you have wheel spacers?