Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
#41
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I did
the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
the bottom of the bellhousing.
"Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> 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!!!!
>
>
the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
the bottom of the bellhousing.
"Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> 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!!!!
>
>
#42
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
he already shot that down...
CRWLR wrote:
> The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I did
> the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
> the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
> inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
> and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
> inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
> but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
> the bottom of the bellhousing.
>
>
>
>
> "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
>
>>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!!!!
>>
>>
>
>
>
CRWLR wrote:
> The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I did
> the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
> the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
> inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
> and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
> inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
> but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
> the bottom of the bellhousing.
>
>
>
>
> "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
>
>>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!!!!
>>
>>
>
>
>
#43
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Posts: n/a
Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
he already shot that down...
CRWLR wrote:
> The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I did
> the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
> the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
> inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
> and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
> inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
> but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
> the bottom of the bellhousing.
>
>
>
>
> "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
>
>>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!!!!
>>
>>
>
>
>
CRWLR wrote:
> The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I did
> the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
> the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
> inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
> and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
> inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
> but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
> the bottom of the bellhousing.
>
>
>
>
> "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
>
>>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!!!!
>>
>>
>
>
>
#44
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
he already shot that down...
CRWLR wrote:
> The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I did
> the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
> the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
> inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
> and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
> inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
> but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
> the bottom of the bellhousing.
>
>
>
>
> "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
>
>>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!!!!
>>
>>
>
>
>
CRWLR wrote:
> The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I did
> the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
> the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
> inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
> and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
> inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
> but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
> the bottom of the bellhousing.
>
>
>
>
> "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
>
>>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!!!!
>>
>>
>
>
>
#45
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
he already shot that down...
CRWLR wrote:
> The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I did
> the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
> the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
> inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
> and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
> inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
> but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
> the bottom of the bellhousing.
>
>
>
>
> "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
>
>>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!!!!
>>
>>
>
>
>
CRWLR wrote:
> The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I did
> the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally see
> the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a quarter
> inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one another,
> and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the clutch
> inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is leaking,
> but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping off
> the bottom of the bellhousing.
>
>
>
>
> "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
>
>>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!!!!
>>
>>
>
>
>
#46
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Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
I know, I shot it down as well. I was wrong.
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:NpOQc.13097$Jp6.12303@newsread3.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
> he already shot that down...
>
> CRWLR wrote:
>
> > The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I
did
> > the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> > drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally
see
> > the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a
quarter
> > inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one
another,
> > and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> > back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the
clutch
> > inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is
leaking,
> > but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping
off
> > the bottom of the bellhousing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> > news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> >
> >>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!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:NpOQc.13097$Jp6.12303@newsread3.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
> he already shot that down...
>
> CRWLR wrote:
>
> > The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I
did
> > the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> > drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally
see
> > the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a
quarter
> > inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one
another,
> > and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> > back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the
clutch
> > inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is
leaking,
> > but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping
off
> > the bottom of the bellhousing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> > news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> >
> >>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!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
#47
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
I know, I shot it down as well. I was wrong.
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:NpOQc.13097$Jp6.12303@newsread3.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
> he already shot that down...
>
> CRWLR wrote:
>
> > The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I
did
> > the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> > drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally
see
> > the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a
quarter
> > inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one
another,
> > and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> > back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the
clutch
> > inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is
leaking,
> > but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping
off
> > the bottom of the bellhousing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> > news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> >
> >>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!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:NpOQc.13097$Jp6.12303@newsread3.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
> he already shot that down...
>
> CRWLR wrote:
>
> > The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I
did
> > the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> > drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally
see
> > the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a
quarter
> > inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one
another,
> > and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> > back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the
clutch
> > inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is
leaking,
> > but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping
off
> > the bottom of the bellhousing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> > news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> >
> >>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!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
#48
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
I know, I shot it down as well. I was wrong.
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:NpOQc.13097$Jp6.12303@newsread3.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
> he already shot that down...
>
> CRWLR wrote:
>
> > The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I
did
> > the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> > drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally
see
> > the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a
quarter
> > inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one
another,
> > and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> > back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the
clutch
> > inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is
leaking,
> > but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping
off
> > the bottom of the bellhousing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> > news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> >
> >>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!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:NpOQc.13097$Jp6.12303@newsread3.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
> he already shot that down...
>
> CRWLR wrote:
>
> > The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I
did
> > the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> > drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally
see
> > the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a
quarter
> > inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one
another,
> > and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> > back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the
clutch
> > inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is
leaking,
> > but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping
off
> > the bottom of the bellhousing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> > news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> >
> >>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!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
#49
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
I know, I shot it down as well. I was wrong.
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:NpOQc.13097$Jp6.12303@newsread3.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
> he already shot that down...
>
> CRWLR wrote:
>
> > The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I
did
> > the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> > drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally
see
> > the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a
quarter
> > inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one
another,
> > and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> > back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the
clutch
> > inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is
leaking,
> > but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping
off
> > the bottom of the bellhousing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> > news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> >
> >>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!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:NpOQc.13097$Jp6.12303@newsread3.news.atl.eart hlink.net...
> he already shot that down...
>
> CRWLR wrote:
>
> > The valve cover does a really good imitation of a rear main seal leak. I
did
> > the same as you, replaced the seal and pan gasket twice, and on the test
> > drive after the second go around, I parked on a hill and could literally
see
> > the oil flowing out of the valve cover. The cork gasket is about a
quarter
> > inch thick, and when it cracks, the two pieces draw apart from one
another,
> > and create a HUGE HOLE that the oil flows through. The oil runs down the
> > back of the block, through the bell housing and out the bottom of the
clutch
> > inspection plate. It looks for all the world like the rear main is
leaking,
> > but the oil has travelled all of the way down the block before dripping
off
> > the bottom of the bellhousing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jerry McG" <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote in message
> > news:ceum4n0u5f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> >
> >>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!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
#50
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Blankety-Blank Rear Seal!!!!
Someone here bought an ally one and it leaked like crazy !
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:0VLQc.13004$Jp6.5111@newsread3.news.atl.earth link.net...
> The sad thing is that I just might do that!
>
> Dave Milne wrote:
>
> > you want to get one of those aluminium ones which run noticeably quieter
> > and don't leak :-)
> >
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
> >
> > "Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:StCQc.12673$Jp6.4803@newsread3.news.atl.earth link.net...
> >
> >>ya got me then... I know mine is a valve cover leak (which got worse
> >>when I replaced the gasket but that's another issue).
> >
> >
> >
>
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:0VLQc.13004$Jp6.5111@newsread3.news.atl.earth link.net...
> The sad thing is that I just might do that!
>
> Dave Milne wrote:
>
> > you want to get one of those aluminium ones which run noticeably quieter
> > and don't leak :-)
> >
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
> >
> > "Jim85CJ" <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:StCQc.12673$Jp6.4803@newsread3.news.atl.earth link.net...
> >
> >>ya got me then... I know mine is a valve cover leak (which got worse
> >>when I replaced the gasket but that's another issue).
> >
> >
> >
>