Oil leak in my Boss...

[HYBRED]

Just dropped the car off at the dealer. A little over a week ago I noticed some oil drops on the garage floor under the car. We thought I just did something silly like leave the filter a little loose or not tighten the drain plug enough. We finally got to jack it up last night and the oil was coming from before the drain plug and the filter was clean; it looks like it's coming from the front of the oil pan.

Oil drops on the front pan bolts -

Oil on the top of the underbelly tray -

 

[5 DOT 0]

Bummer. Hopefully it's something very minor to repair.

 

[AZBOSS]

Argh.

 

[98 Saleen Cobra]

Damn there is nothing more annoying that a freaking oil leak!!! if they have to pull the pan it would be the perfect time to give them a Canton R.R oil pan though :beer:

 

[HYBRED]

Blown front crank seal.

 

[Blown_By_You]

Dang

 

[AZBOSS]

Blown front crank seal.

At least it's under warranty. If you were thinking about adding the 302R 12-quart pan, now's the time...

 

[LostPony]

How many miles on your Boss?

 

[HYBRED]

11k and change. Took it to a 1-day DE a little over a month ago, I wonder if that's what did it. I hope not though, that would make me lose a lot of confidence in this car's trackability...

 

[ponyboyisaac]

That sucks, hope ford makes it right for you.

 

[AZBOSS]

11k and change. Took it to a 1-day DE a little over a month ago, I wonder if that's what did it. I hope not though, that would make me lose a lot of confidence in this car's trackability...

You probably just got an unlucky assembly defect or you're part of the 7 DPM in crank seals...this car loves the track.

 

[Grant808]

Ugh. I hope everything gets fixed and cleaned up to your satisfaction.

 

[HYBRED]

That sucks, hope ford makes it right for you.

They're fixing it no questions asked; it's supposed to be done tomorrow.

 

[ORANGE CRUSH]

Good luck man. Hope it works out for you.

 

[Devious_Snake]

as long as its being fixed, no biggie for now... :beer:

 

[03ShadowCobra]

my last 3 new cars have developed oil leaks. usually something dumb, lines / gaskets / random. It sux to say the least. cars were bmw 335, bmw m5, mercedes c63 all were fixed no questions asked but it's still sh!tty.

 

[me32]

Glad its getting fixed

 

[HYBRED]

Picked the car up today, that was a lot faster than I thought it'd be. I snuck a peek at the warranty invoice before they gave me the no-charge invoice; the part was $44 and with labor it came out to $180. The service writer said it's not the first one they've had, and that it wasn't anything I did to make it fail; it must be a bad part or something.

 

[NA_Cobra]

what was the cause of the leak?

 

[HYBRED]

what was the cause of the leak?

Blown front crank seal.

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