Oil pan leak

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Hornettt

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Was just changing my oil 7500 mi and was looking around with a flashlight, and noticed that the truck has what appears to be an oil pan leak. Nothing on the floor but it's very obvious. I saw something on you tube about it. Just wondering if anyone else here has had a similar issue. If so what has the dealer said about it. I change my oil every 2500 myself so this is the third oil change since new and the first sighting of the leak. Plan on addressing this at the 10000 mile service.
 

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Yes, this is common. Do you have 17, or 18?

You will get a new plastic pan, and re-sealed to bottom of block. The pans have been cracking due to not being torqued down correctly.
 

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Was just changing my oil 7500 mi and was looking around with a flashlight, and noticed that the truck has what appears to be an oil pan leak. Nothing on the floor but it's very obvious. I saw something on you tube about it. Just wondering if anyone else here has had a similar issue. If so what has the dealer said about it. I change my oil every 2500 myself so this is the third oil change since new and the first sighting of the leak. Plan on addressing this at the 10000 mile service.

are you caning the truck within can inch of its life? If not, you’re wasting a $hit ton of money on oil. Get some oil analysis done. I pulled my factory oil at 5k miles, the analysis was as expected, no surprises, plenty of life left. Mileage included 2 road trips of about 1k miles, mostly street miles with some minor off road exclusions and some enjoyment of the horsepower. The recommendation was to push to 7500 miles with no other changes and analyze again.

If by ‘common’ you mean a few every 10,000 units, then yeah, it’s common. possibly .075-0.1% of the current trucks maybe? You see the posts here complaining about it, but you don’t see the hundreds of other ’17-’18 users here who don’t have the issue. Even so, I think this is a part begging for aftermarket intervention.
 
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Yes, this is common. Do you have 17, or 18?

You will get a new plastic pan, and re-sealed to bottom of block. The pans have been cracking due to not being torqued down correctly.

Thanks for the info, mine is a 17. Wish Ford was better at engineering stuff. I love this truck but I have had a Lexus and a Toyota as well as BMW's that were tight no leaks into the high 100k milage. 7500 miles 2 recalls and an oil leak just saying. Plus a possible exhaust leak.
 
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Yes, this is common. Do you have 17, or 18?

You will get a new plastic pan, and re-sealed to bottom of block. The pans have been cracking due to not being torqued down correctly.

I'm having this exact same issue and this exact fix performed tomorrow. Seems to be common enough! I asked if the original pan could have just been torqued down and called a day, but the dealership would not let it go that way, has to be replaced.

Plastic oil pans, sheesh........ :rolleyes:
 

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Sasquatch 77 is a forum troll.

If it affected all 2017 models, why hasn’t it affected mine with 14,000 already?

Oh wait... you don’t own a truck. I forgot.





Here is the list on this forum.
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f260/ugh-oil-leak-53382/

Other f150 forums are posting this same issue in their 17+ Ecoboost forums. This affects all 17+ 3.5 ecoboost.

A vendor that makes a metal pan and traditional drain plug will make themselves rich off this!
 

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I hope you don't get the leak. If you haven't already I'd get under it and check. I had no idea there was a slow seeping leak until I was underneath the truck looking around.

Sasquatch 77 is a forum troll.

If it affected all 2017 models, why hasn’t it affected mine with 14,000 already?

Oh wait... you don’t own a truck. I forgot.
 

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I just did my 4th oil change @ 16k miles. Mine's not leaking.
 

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I just did my second oil change, (10,000km or 6000miles).

Disappointed to say my pan is definitely leaking. The bolts have oil and the pan is wet.

I am considering leaving it until summer?? Do you think there is any risk to this?
 
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