I have an 97 F250 7.3L powerstroke turbo diesel, and it has a major fuel leak... So after playing around a bit I found that the fuel is "POURING" out between the cylinder head & the block.. Any idea's what could cause this?! I don't think it would be a bad head gasket as it's not common to have go in these trucks. And I don't have coolant mixing in the oil. Also it only spits out while its running. Its definitely not the fuel bowl, or pump. The only thing I could think it would be is a bad injector Suggestions please?!?!?!

 

only time you get anything between the head and the block is when you have gasket issues.

Unless I missed something.

 

Are you sure its coming out of head gasket? where are you seeing the leak? The fuel rail is built into the head. It would have to have a cracked head with fuel in oil or oil in fuel or fuel in coolant. Fuel would have to travel a long way to make its way out of the headgasket.

 

Maybe you're talking about the HPOP oil rail lines going into the heads?? They kave an o-ring that does break down and its an easy fix. Problem w/ diesels is when the oil and such mix w/ crude and its get to be a challenge on figureing out whether its diesel or oil etc..