Why is there fresh oil on my starter?

[my name is alex]

I had a pic, but it's too large to upload or something...

Anyway, my starter has fresh looking oil on it, especially on the base where it attaches to the truck. I've got a 7.4

The oil seems to be primarily just on the starter, not so much around it and I don't see anything from above looking down. It's not much of a leak, as there are no signs of oil under the truck on the ground.

Any thoughts on where the leak is coming from?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[magimerlin]

On the starter? Take a look at your valve cover gaskets...and your oil pressure switch area..

sent from what use to be a great country...

 

[grampadirt]

Have a look at the oil dipstick tube where it goes into the block.

 

[my name is alex]

On the starter? Take a look at your valve cover gaskets...and your oil pressure switch area..

sent from what use to be a great country...

The valve covers look good from what I can tell, and I just had them redone a few hundred miles ago, so they better still be good! I'll research that oil pressure switch and take a look.

Have a look at the oil dipstick tube where it goes into the block.

I'll check check that out too.

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

 

[skylark]

Don't worry about it! Just keep it lubricated and it will last forever.

 

[95C1500]

I've had oil on my starter since I got the truck. I've got valve cover gaskets and oil pan gasket sitting in the shop, just need time to install it. I'll have to check these other places as well

 

[mistaake]

You can post image with imgur if its big. if you create free account you can manage/view/edit/delte them any time. sometimes their site is down for logging in but viewing images is usually ok

 

[my name is alex]

On the starter? Take a look at your valve cover gaskets...and your oil pressure switch area..

sent from what use to be a great country...

I just noticed my oil pressure is jumping around (http://www.gmt400.com/forum/showthread.php?32391-Oil-pressure-jumping-around) and wonder if this could be related to the leak...

 

[my name is alex]

Don't worry about it! Just keep it lubricated and it will last forever.

Yeah, maybe this. The more I look around, the more I'm seeing that I simply can't see anything without removing my starter - don't know that I care enough to do this right now. There are no visible signs of leakage anywhere, except that the starter is oily.