Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

A leaky Valve Cover Gasket looks amazingly similar to a blown rear main
seal. I would be looking at the VC first.

Then, if you really do need a rear main, it is a pretty easy fix in the
grand scheme of things.




"Monte Castleman" <qmdcastle@skypoint.com> wrote in message
news:vs8ijdfvff1a86@corp.supernews.com...
> While having my 93 XJ I-6 auto inspected by the dealer, he diagnosed an
> oil leak as coming from the rear main seal. He suggested that it wasn't
> worth it to get it fixed, and suggested I just keep tabs on the oil
> level.
>
> A few days later, I had an independant mechanic change the front
> differential fluid (dealer said there was water in there, but there
> wasn't- go figure). This mechanic said that the seal might leak a little
> oil for a time, but then catastrophically fail at an inconveniant time.
>
> So, any ideas if I should have the seal fixed or leave it? At the moment
> it's slow enough that it's not even an annoyance.
> --
> Monte Castleman, <<Spamfilter in Use>>
> Bloomington, MN to email, remove the "q" from my address
>

Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

A leaky Valve Cover Gasket looks amazingly similar to a blown rear main
seal. I would be looking at the VC first.

Then, if you really do need a rear main, it is a pretty easy fix in the
grand scheme of things.




"Monte Castleman" <qmdcastle@skypoint.com> wrote in message
news:vs8ijdfvff1a86@corp.supernews.com...
> While having my 93 XJ I-6 auto inspected by the dealer, he diagnosed an
> oil leak as coming from the rear main seal. He suggested that it wasn't
> worth it to get it fixed, and suggested I just keep tabs on the oil
> level.
>
> A few days later, I had an independant mechanic change the front
> differential fluid (dealer said there was water in there, but there
> wasn't- go figure). This mechanic said that the seal might leak a little
> oil for a time, but then catastrophically fail at an inconveniant time.
>
> So, any ideas if I should have the seal fixed or leave it? At the moment
> it's slow enough that it's not even an annoyance.
> --
> Monte Castleman, <<Spamfilter in Use>>
> Bloomington, MN to email, remove the "q" from my address
>

Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

A leaky Valve Cover Gasket looks amazingly similar to a blown rear main
seal. I would be looking at the VC first.

Then, if you really do need a rear main, it is a pretty easy fix in the
grand scheme of things.




"Monte Castleman" <qmdcastle@skypoint.com> wrote in message
news:vs8ijdfvff1a86@corp.supernews.com...
> While having my 93 XJ I-6 auto inspected by the dealer, he diagnosed an
> oil leak as coming from the rear main seal. He suggested that it wasn't
> worth it to get it fixed, and suggested I just keep tabs on the oil
> level.
>
> A few days later, I had an independant mechanic change the front
> differential fluid (dealer said there was water in there, but there
> wasn't- go figure). This mechanic said that the seal might leak a little
> oil for a time, but then catastrophically fail at an inconveniant time.
>
> So, any ideas if I should have the seal fixed or leave it? At the moment
> it's slow enough that it's not even an annoyance.
> --
> Monte Castleman, <<Spamfilter in Use>>
> Bloomington, MN to email, remove the "q" from my address
>

Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

Yes, but his Real mechanic seamed to confirm the Stealer's
diagnosis.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

CRWLR wrote:
>
> A leaky Valve Cover Gasket looks amazingly similar to a blown rear main
> seal. I would be looking at the VC first.
>
> Then, if you really do need a rear main, it is a pretty easy fix in the
> grand scheme of things.

Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

Yes, but his Real mechanic seamed to confirm the Stealer's
diagnosis.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

CRWLR wrote:
>
> A leaky Valve Cover Gasket looks amazingly similar to a blown rear main
> seal. I would be looking at the VC first.
>
> Then, if you really do need a rear main, it is a pretty easy fix in the
> grand scheme of things.

Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

Yes, but his Real mechanic seamed to confirm the Stealer's
diagnosis.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

CRWLR wrote:
>
> A leaky Valve Cover Gasket looks amazingly similar to a blown rear main
> seal. I would be looking at the VC first.
>
> Then, if you really do need a rear main, it is a pretty easy fix in the
> grand scheme of things.

Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

I didn't see any confirmation from the mechanic at all. What he said,
according to the poster, was that it might leak a little for a while, then
fail catastrophically at an inopportune moment. The mechanic may very well
have given a backup diagnosis, but the original posted did not tell us of
it. All we know for sure is that the dealership said the rear main was gone.
We all know that this is a commonly mis-diagnosed problem, and we should not
be surprised that the dealer might get it wrong.




"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:3FC4FFE5.48EC0485@cox.net...
> Yes, but his Real mechanic seamed to confirm the Stealer's
> diagnosis.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> CRWLR wrote:
> >
> > A leaky Valve Cover Gasket looks amazingly similar to a blown rear main
> > seal. I would be looking at the VC first.
> >
> > Then, if you really do need a rear main, it is a pretty easy fix in the
> > grand scheme of things.

Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

I didn't see any confirmation from the mechanic at all. What he said,
according to the poster, was that it might leak a little for a while, then
fail catastrophically at an inopportune moment. The mechanic may very well
have given a backup diagnosis, but the original posted did not tell us of
it. All we know for sure is that the dealership said the rear main was gone.
We all know that this is a commonly mis-diagnosed problem, and we should not
be surprised that the dealer might get it wrong.




"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:3FC4FFE5.48EC0485@cox.net...
> Yes, but his Real mechanic seamed to confirm the Stealer's
> diagnosis.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> CRWLR wrote:
> >
> > A leaky Valve Cover Gasket looks amazingly similar to a blown rear main
> > seal. I would be looking at the VC first.
> >
> > Then, if you really do need a rear main, it is a pretty easy fix in the
> > grand scheme of things.

Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

I didn't see any confirmation from the mechanic at all. What he said,
according to the poster, was that it might leak a little for a while, then
fail catastrophically at an inopportune moment. The mechanic may very well
have given a backup diagnosis, but the original posted did not tell us of
it. All we know for sure is that the dealership said the rear main was gone.
We all know that this is a commonly mis-diagnosed problem, and we should not
be surprised that the dealer might get it wrong.




"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:3FC4FFE5.48EC0485@cox.net...
> Yes, but his Real mechanic seamed to confirm the Stealer's
> diagnosis.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> CRWLR wrote:
> >
> > A leaky Valve Cover Gasket looks amazingly similar to a blown rear main
> > seal. I would be looking at the VC first.
> >
> > Then, if you really do need a rear main, it is a pretty easy fix in the
> > grand scheme of things.

Re: XJ rear main seal: replace or leave alone?
 

Monte,
Don't know what dealer you used but there's a place in Burnsville off
Hwy 13 called Burnsville Off road that really knows there stuff about
Jeeps and you can trust them. As you might guess I'm not real thrilled
with the local Jeep dealers, Especially Park Jeep.
http://www.burnsvilleoffroad.com/home.html

Joe Carroll
Bloomington,MN


On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 00:38:30 -0600, Monte Castleman
<qmdcastle@skypoint.com> wrote:

>While having my 93 XJ I-6 auto inspected by the dealer, he diagnosed an
>oil leak as coming from the rear main seal. He suggested that it wasn't
>worth it to get it fixed, and suggested I just keep tabs on the oil
>level.
>
>A few days later, I had an independant mechanic change the front
>differential fluid (dealer said there was water in there, but there
>wasn't- go figure). This mechanic said that the seal might leak a little
>oil for a time, but then catastrophically fail at an inconveniant time.
>
>So, any ideas if I should have the seal fixed or leave it? At the moment
>it's slow enough that it's not even an annoyance.

JD
2K-TJ

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