MAXJ
NAXJA Forum User
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- Massachussetts
Hey guys, my rear main seal went tonight, i had a drip every now and then, but man it just spewed a large portion of my oil out tonight. I am almost positive it is the rear main seal but tell me what you think:
I was wheelin with my friend and we were headin back on the highway probably doin around 80 or so with my foot to the floor accelerating (traffic was goin about 80). I started to smell something other then the normal smells and it gets fairly strong. So i turn to my friend and ask him, he says he doesnt smell it, he turns around and tells me to look out the rear window. I could barely see the cars behind me through the smoke. I pulled off the highway and ran to the back and noticed a trail of oil spewed everywhere following from down the highway to a puddle under the front of my jeep and to top it off oil is dripping off my rear diff too. It looks like what happened was it spewed out covering the tranny, crossmember, driveshaft and whole rear axle along with most of my exhaust pipe (causing the cloud of smoke). It was not a pleasant moment in the life of my jeep. I had to get home for a meeting so i called my dad to bring me more oil just in case and filled up with what i had and headed home slowly. The oil pressure stayed around 40 on the ride home and i made it back fine after filling the oil.'
My guess is because i was accelerating hard the pressure built up to the point where the seal finally let loose and once i started taking it easy the pressure was low enough that the seal was holding. Does this make any sense? It didn't leak after that one inicident and i dont even think it is leaking more than a few drops now if even that. Oil is full and only used about a quart and a half after the initial spew. Is there anything else that would fit this description? It seems as if it is coming from rear main because it was dripping all around the bellhousing on the tranny and it definately isnt tranny fluid.
I was wheelin with my friend and we were headin back on the highway probably doin around 80 or so with my foot to the floor accelerating (traffic was goin about 80). I started to smell something other then the normal smells and it gets fairly strong. So i turn to my friend and ask him, he says he doesnt smell it, he turns around and tells me to look out the rear window. I could barely see the cars behind me through the smoke. I pulled off the highway and ran to the back and noticed a trail of oil spewed everywhere following from down the highway to a puddle under the front of my jeep and to top it off oil is dripping off my rear diff too. It looks like what happened was it spewed out covering the tranny, crossmember, driveshaft and whole rear axle along with most of my exhaust pipe (causing the cloud of smoke). It was not a pleasant moment in the life of my jeep. I had to get home for a meeting so i called my dad to bring me more oil just in case and filled up with what i had and headed home slowly. The oil pressure stayed around 40 on the ride home and i made it back fine after filling the oil.'
My guess is because i was accelerating hard the pressure built up to the point where the seal finally let loose and once i started taking it easy the pressure was low enough that the seal was holding. Does this make any sense? It didn't leak after that one inicident and i dont even think it is leaking more than a few drops now if even that. Oil is full and only used about a quart and a half after the initial spew. Is there anything else that would fit this description? It seems as if it is coming from rear main because it was dripping all around the bellhousing on the tranny and it definately isnt tranny fluid.