Oil leak help. Super odd.

[shady]

BBC.
Oil is literally dripping off of the passenger front motor mount. And soaking everything behind it.
Under the valve cover and top of the exhaust is all basically dry.

Can oil come out of a head gasket without getting into a cylinder or the coolant?
Fuel pump gasket maybe...?
I'm drawing a blank as to what else it could be at the moment

 

[shady]

Lost a quart in 20 miles

 

[bradshawtech]

Weep hole in mechanical fuel pump?

 

[Fastereddie]

Hard to tell if fuel pump or head gasket.
I would wash it off with brakekleen and see where it comes from.

 

[Wes Harden]

Fuel pump is my suspicion

 

[shady]

Just now pulled it in the shop. Hosed it with brake clean before it came in.
I'm going to hand wipe everything I can in a bit, drive it around a little tomorrow, and see if it leaks in a noticable place.

 

[Wes Harden]

Just watch the weep hole on fuel pump while idling. If it's bad it'll drip.
Smell the oil for fuel contamination in crank case

 

[shady]

Thank you guys.
I didn't even know the fuel pump had a weep hole.
But I do believe that's my culprit.

 

[Wes Harden]

Change pump and oil just in case.

Glad you found it

 

[shady]

Change pump and oil just in case.

Glad you found it

That's the plan.

 

[TJ1978]

Fuel pump or that hole in front of block needs that little bolt in it

 

[Wes Harden]

That hole there to help change the fuel pump. Remove short bolt install longer bolt, do not over tighten, just a little more than waving a wrench at it. This will keep the drive rod from dropping when you remove pump. Make putting new pump back easier.
If you loosen old pump, turn engine by hand till top of drive rod stroke, then snug the drive rod bolt. Do the swap. Do not forget to remove longer drive rod holding bolt. Put sealer on short bolt and install

 

[shady]

I believe I'm using that spot as my ground

Glad I used a short bolt

 

[TJ1978]

Yeah it's small like 1inch length, if not smaller, maybe even 1/2 length.

 

[shady]

I never knew that was there either.
All I've ever done is monkey fork around with it until I got it together and bolts in.

I'm learning a bunch of chit in this thread.

 

[TJ1978]

You use a longer bolt to hold the fuel pump rod up, when putting a new pump on. Then once installed, you remove that bolt and put the small one back in with some thread sealer.

If you have no bolt there, oil goes all over the place.

 

[imiceman44]

I never knew that was there either.
All I've ever done is monkey fork around with it until I got it together and bolts in.

I'm learning a bunch of chit in this thread.

I just learned that too.
I always wondered how people handled that rod, I put grease on it to hold it in place and put my fuel pump.
The bolt makes it easier

 

[shady]

Actually neither of the threaded holes in that spot go all the way in. So it can't be done on my block. So I did it the old fashioned way.

 

[TJ1978]

I think it's small block specific..

 

[shady]

I wondered that. I was going to go look at the 350 on the stand to see. Just haven't yet.