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Old 03-14-2011, 10:51 AM
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Hey guys i got a 97 stroker here at work and it is leaking diesel from what appears to be the back of the drivers side head. It is not the rubber lines from the lift pump because there is no fuel in the valley what so ever. I cant see anything from the top but underneath i can see that it is coming down the drivers side of the bell housing inbetween the block/head and uppipe. Thanks, Chad.
 
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Old 03-15-2011, 11:43 AM
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Follow the fuel lines from the fuel bowl the the back of the head...
 
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Old 03-15-2011, 01:00 PM
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clean everything really well first, once you start finding clean stuff you know you have passed the leak
 
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Old 03-15-2011, 02:07 PM
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Yea i will take it to the steam cleaner and see what i can find
 
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I had hard time finding a leak like that, turned out to be a loose fitting where the metal line from the lift pump to the back of head under the turbo you can tighten it without removing turbo.
 

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Old 03-18-2011, 08:55 AM
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yea i think it might be that return line but i havent had time to do any more work to it, thanks.
 
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Old 03-18-2011, 10:57 AM
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yea i think it might be that return line but i havent had time to do any more work to it, thanks.
Not that it matters to what you are doing, but I believe those are supply lines.
 
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Old 03-18-2011, 03:25 PM
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Oh ha yea i think you are right, either way it has a mysterious fuel leak.
 
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