At this point I am ready to drive to Colorado and drive my 1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4WD Automatic 4.0 off a nice big a** mountain and I don't mean in a nice fun off roading sort of way.
I have replaced many things on my XJ....
I know this is such a horrible question to ask, being that there are SO many possible answers, but I am hoping perhaps someone could give me some insight...
I can tell you that I just changed my oil, filter and not too long ago, the oil pressure switch, so I know it's not the switch. The filter doesn't appear to be leaking at the point of the k&n oil filter being attached to the jeep. Also the cap is tightly secure and no leaks around that point.
I took my son to the park, drove not even 5 minutes to stop and get a Gatorade as it's 101 degrees here today in horrible humid FL, I stop and smoke is coming from under the jeep as I jump out, not a lot just a small enough amount that you go "wtf?!?" I lay under the jeep and see it's dripping onto the pipe and the smoke is it being burned off. Again not by any means "a lot" of smoke, just enough to catch your attention. I let the car idle as I run inside with my son, come back out, put him in the carseat and then back up far enough to be able to see the puddle on the ground, not by any means a "large puddle" but a small puddle, I used a blue rag, to make certain it was in fact oil, and smelled it as well.
Any idea where I'd look first? I could tell when I laid down to look under it that it was dripping off something, what I couldn't tell but it wasn't the oil drain bolt, which is also new.
Could use some help as to know where I should start first and If there is any shortcuts, like how to tell if theres a blown head gasket or anything else, any ways to check for these things would be much appreciated.
Thanks again my fellow Jeep nuts.
--Jessica
I have replaced many things on my XJ....
I know this is such a horrible question to ask, being that there are SO many possible answers, but I am hoping perhaps someone could give me some insight...
I can tell you that I just changed my oil, filter and not too long ago, the oil pressure switch, so I know it's not the switch. The filter doesn't appear to be leaking at the point of the k&n oil filter being attached to the jeep. Also the cap is tightly secure and no leaks around that point.
I took my son to the park, drove not even 5 minutes to stop and get a Gatorade as it's 101 degrees here today in horrible humid FL, I stop and smoke is coming from under the jeep as I jump out, not a lot just a small enough amount that you go "wtf?!?" I lay under the jeep and see it's dripping onto the pipe and the smoke is it being burned off. Again not by any means "a lot" of smoke, just enough to catch your attention. I let the car idle as I run inside with my son, come back out, put him in the carseat and then back up far enough to be able to see the puddle on the ground, not by any means a "large puddle" but a small puddle, I used a blue rag, to make certain it was in fact oil, and smelled it as well.
Any idea where I'd look first? I could tell when I laid down to look under it that it was dripping off something, what I couldn't tell but it wasn't the oil drain bolt, which is also new.
Could use some help as to know where I should start first and If there is any shortcuts, like how to tell if theres a blown head gasket or anything else, any ways to check for these things would be much appreciated.
Thanks again my fellow Jeep nuts.
--Jessica