Oil leak at fuel filter

[littlebigrig6.0]

I poped open my hood today and noticed the bracket for the thermostat was wet, looked some more and found the fuel line going into the small fuel filter at the nut is oil covered, the boot at the elbow is wet with black crud and oil, any ideas would be great

[littlebigrig6.0]

I can see oil coming out of the intake elbow side of the boot, is this bad or is it time to do a ccv re route

[2006PSDSD]

Make sure that clamp is tight for the CAC tube. Same thing happened to a buddies truck (my fault ). Nothing wrong with a CCV reroute, but if that tube is loose you're losing boost. Those plastic tubes are famous for cracking too.......

[littlebigrig6.0]

What year was your buddys truck, mine has a steel pipe rubber boot to elbow, should i just replace the boot

[2006PSDSD]

You have an aftermarket tube then. Maybe the boot is leaking . It will spray oil pretty far out of there. Make sure the clamps are tight

[Louiediesel]

yes replace the boot or clean it real good and do the CCV mode

[dhanna6powerstroke]

Originally Posted by 2006PSDSD

You have an aftermarket tube then. Maybe the boot is leaking . It will spray oil pretty far out of there. Make sure the clamps are tight

Didn't Ford update to the metal tube and boot because the factory plastic one was failing?

[littlebigrig6.0]

My truck is an 04 my buddy has an 06 and his is plastic, also my boots are blue, should i take all the tubes and boots off to clean them, also its clean oil on this nut.

[2006PSDSD]

Originally Posted by dhanna6powerstroke

Didn't Ford update to the metal tube and boot because the factory plastic one was failing?

Not that I know of. My 06 has the plastic one

[2006PSDSD]

Originally Posted by littlebigrig6.0

My truck is an 04 my buddy has an 06 and his is plastic, also my boots are blue, should i take all the tubes and boots off to clean them, also its clean oil on this nut.

Not a bad idea, I use brake cleaner