I had that problem on the opposite end. My valve cover gasket was backordered too. Seems weird for them not to have some extra stock of gaskets. The joys of JIT manufacture I guess.
November sometime I think. Latest date I saw tagged on anything was 11/28, but I haven't actually looked it up.
That sucks, how long did you end up waiting? They have my car much longer and it'll have spent equal amounts of time in my driveway and in the shop.
Hahah. I've owned it for 2 weeks & 1 day. I've had it in my possession 3 days. ;) But the gasket was only a couple day delay I think. Good luck!
LOL, that's not too far off from me. I've had mine about 3 weeks, and the last week has been in the shop, and it'll be there through next week too. Not sure if it'll get stuck in there for longer than that though, I hope not.
Mine didn't leave much on the ground either, just small circles about 2" in diameter. I wouldn't have brought it in and let them open it up had I known I'd get stuck in this backorder mess. Of course, the dealer didn't either, they thought they had the part...just happened to be the wrong one.
Looks like a big formed O-ring type of rubber gasket. Did the dealer find any defects or damage on the pan gasket? Any word why they think it started leaking ... missing sealant in the 4 small areas it's shown to be applied?
Considering the pan is plastic, it could be from expansion/contraction during heat cycles. I'm hoping Ford tested them thoroughly, but who am I kidding...
They didn't say. I know it was leaking from two of the bolts, but I don't know what the leak path was.
I wouldn't hold my breath. Ford had issues with plastic pans before on some trucks, went back to a metal pan, then plastic again with the ecoboost F150's (of which there are many, many problem threads) and now as of 2018 all ford models use these plastic pans. Given what I've read on the forums from the F150 guys about the constant oil leaks, I'm not getting my hopes up.
Couldn't hurt. Mine was very obvious. I've been waiting over a week now for the gasket, and I still haven't gotten any conformation that it's shipped. It was supposed to come off of back order today, but the fact that I haven't heard anything doesn't exactly inspire confidence.