Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
08-05-2004, 09:16 PM
#1
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Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate the
"oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
groove.
The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
as dry as a popcorn fart...
Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
leaking. HELP!!!!
"oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
groove.
The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
as dry as a popcorn fart...
Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
leaking. HELP!!!!
08-05-2004, 09:41 PM
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
Jerry McG wrote:
> Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate the
> "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
> did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
> replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
> package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
> had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
> groove.
>
> The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
> as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
> as dry as a popcorn fart...
>
> Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
> the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
> back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
> have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
>
> WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
> not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
> is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> leaking. HELP!!!!
>
>
Jerry McG wrote:
> Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate the
> "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
> did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
> replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
> package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
> had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
> groove.
>
> The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
> as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
> as dry as a popcorn fart...
>
> Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
> the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
> back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
> have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
>
> WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
> not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
> is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> leaking. HELP!!!!
>
>
08-05-2004, 09:41 PM
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
Jerry McG wrote:
> Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate the
> "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
> did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
> replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
> package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
> had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
> groove.
>
> The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
> as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
> as dry as a popcorn fart...
>
> Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
> the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
> back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
> have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
>
> WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
> not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
> is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> leaking. HELP!!!!
>
>
Jerry McG wrote:
> Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate the
> "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
> did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
> replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
> package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
> had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
> groove.
>
> The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
> as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
> as dry as a popcorn fart...
>
> Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
> the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
> back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
> have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
>
> WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
> not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
> is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> leaking. HELP!!!!
>
>
08-05-2004, 09:41 PM
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
Jerry McG wrote:
> Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate the
> "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
> did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
> replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
> package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
> had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
> groove.
>
> The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
> as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
> as dry as a popcorn fart...
>
> Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
> the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
> back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
> have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
>
> WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
> not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
> is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> leaking. HELP!!!!
>
>
Jerry McG wrote:
> Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate the
> "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
> did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
> replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
> package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
> had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
> groove.
>
> The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
> as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
> as dry as a popcorn fart...
>
> Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
> the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
> back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
> have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
>
> WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
> not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
> is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> leaking. HELP!!!!
>
>
08-05-2004, 09:41 PM
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
Jerry McG wrote:
> Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate the
> "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
> did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
> replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
> package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
> had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
> groove.
>
> The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
> as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
> as dry as a popcorn fart...
>
> Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
> the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
> back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
> have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
>
> WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
> not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
> is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> leaking. HELP!!!!
>
>
Jerry McG wrote:
> Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate the
> "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May, which
> did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal I'd
> replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in the
> package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main cap
> had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main cap
> groove.
>
> The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this time
> as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head is
> as dry as a popcorn fart...
>
> Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed per
> the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan went
> back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for insurance. I
> have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
>
> WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor oil,
> not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main (this
> is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> leaking. HELP!!!!
>
>
08-05-2004, 10:06 PM
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
Yup the rear of the valve cover.
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HarryS
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
>
> Jerry McG wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate
the
> > "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May,
which
> > did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal
I'd
> > replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in
the
> > package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main
cap
> > had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> > basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main
cap
> > groove.
> >
> > The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this
time
> > as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head
is
> > as dry as a popcorn fart...
> >
> > Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed
per
> > the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan
went
> > back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for
insurance. I
> > have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
> >
> > WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> > between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor
oil,
> > not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main
(this
> > is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> > leaking. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
>
--
HarryS
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:PkBQc.10218$cK.118@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
>
> Jerry McG wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate
the
> > "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May,
which
> > did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal
I'd
> > replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in
the
> > package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main
cap
> > had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> > basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main
cap
> > groove.
> >
> > The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this
time
> > as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head
is
> > as dry as a popcorn fart...
> >
> > Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed
per
> > the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan
went
> > back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for
insurance. I
> > have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
> >
> > WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> > between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor
oil,
> > not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main
(this
> > is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> > leaking. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
>
08-05-2004, 10:06 PM
#7
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
Yup the rear of the valve cover.
--
HarryS
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:PkBQc.10218$cK.118@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
>
> Jerry McG wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate
the
> > "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May,
which
> > did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal
I'd
> > replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in
the
> > package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main
cap
> > had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> > basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main
cap
> > groove.
> >
> > The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this
time
> > as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head
is
> > as dry as a popcorn fart...
> >
> > Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed
per
> > the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan
went
> > back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for
insurance. I
> > have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
> >
> > WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> > between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor
oil,
> > not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main
(this
> > is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> > leaking. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
>
--
HarryS
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:PkBQc.10218$cK.118@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
>
> Jerry McG wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate
the
> > "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May,
which
> > did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal
I'd
> > replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in
the
> > package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main
cap
> > had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> > basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main
cap
> > groove.
> >
> > The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this
time
> > as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head
is
> > as dry as a popcorn fart...
> >
> > Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed
per
> > the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan
went
> > back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for
insurance. I
> > have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
> >
> > WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> > between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor
oil,
> > not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main
(this
> > is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> > leaking. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
>
08-05-2004, 10:06 PM
#8
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
Yup the rear of the valve cover.
--
HarryS
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:PkBQc.10218$cK.118@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
>
> Jerry McG wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate
the
> > "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May,
which
> > did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal
I'd
> > replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in
the
> > package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main
cap
> > had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> > basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main
cap
> > groove.
> >
> > The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this
time
> > as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head
is
> > as dry as a popcorn fart...
> >
> > Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed
per
> > the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan
went
> > back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for
insurance. I
> > have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
> >
> > WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> > between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor
oil,
> > not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main
(this
> > is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> > leaking. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
>
--
HarryS
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:PkBQc.10218$cK.118@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
>
> Jerry McG wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate
the
> > "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May,
which
> > did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal
I'd
> > replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in
the
> > package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main
cap
> > had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> > basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main
cap
> > groove.
> >
> > The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this
time
> > as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head
is
> > as dry as a popcorn fart...
> >
> > Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed
per
> > the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan
went
> > back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for
insurance. I
> > have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
> >
> > WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> > between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor
oil,
> > not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main
(this
> > is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> > leaking. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
>
08-05-2004, 10:06 PM
#9
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
Yup the rear of the valve cover.
--
HarryS
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:PkBQc.10218$cK.118@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
>
> Jerry McG wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate
the
> > "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May,
which
> > did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal
I'd
> > replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in
the
> > package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main
cap
> > had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> > basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main
cap
> > groove.
> >
> > The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this
time
> > as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head
is
> > as dry as a popcorn fart...
> >
> > Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed
per
> > the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan
went
> > back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for
insurance. I
> > have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
> >
> > WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> > between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor
oil,
> > not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main
(this
> > is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> > leaking. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
>
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HarryS
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
>
> Jerry McG wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate
the
> > "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May,
which
> > did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal
I'd
> > replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in
the
> > package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main
cap
> > had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> > basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main
cap
> > groove.
> >
> > The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this
time
> > as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head
is
> > as dry as a popcorn fart...
> >
> > Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed
per
> > the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan
went
> > back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for
insurance. I
> > have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
> >
> > WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> > between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor
oil,
> > not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main
(this
> > is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> > leaking. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
>
08-05-2004, 10:25 PM
#10
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> valve cover is leaking... looks like rear main leak. very common problem.
The rear of the head below the valve cover is as dry as a bone all the way
across, and ther's no sign of a leak anywhere else around the cover. ?????
>
> Jerry McG wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I finally got around to pulling the pan off my YJ to investigate
the
> > "oil leak that won't die" today. I'd just put a new seal in it in May,
which
> > did abiout nothing to stop the drips on the grage floor. Like the seal
I'd
> > replaced in May, the one I took out today looked as good as it did in
the
> > package, it was installed in the right direction (natch) and the main
cap
> > had been sealed on the edges with RTV as the book said. The seal was
> > basically dry as a bone, but the lower half was a bit wet in the main
cap
> > groove.
> >
> > The pan was perfectly sealed, in fact I hope I sealed it as well this
time
> > as I did last time. The valve cover isn;t leaking, the back of the head
is
> > as dry as a popcorn fart...
> >
> > Anyway, in went a new seal. The edges of the rear main have been sealed
per
> > the factory manual with the anerobic sealer they call for and the pan
went
> > back on with a new gasket, seaed at the rear main with RTV for
insurance. I
> > have NO HOPE the leak is fixed, so:
> >
> > WHAT THE HELL IS LEAKING ON THIS JEEP????? The oil's dripping out from
> > between the trans and the engine at the separator plate. It is motor
oil,
> > not gear oil. The only thing I can figure, if it ain't the rear main
(this
> > is the 5th one in 65k miles) then maybe one of the oil galley plugs is
> > leaking. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
>