1990heepxj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Apple Valley, Ca
ok my oil leaks back in action
first off my truck: its a 90' 4.0 manual bone stock motor
ok my leak: im gettin pretty bad leakage coming off my bell housing. it appears to run from between the flat plate thing that kinda closes up the round part of the bell thats not directly attached to motor. also it appears to only run from the passenger side of the bell housingbetween the plate thing. it only leaks bad once warm and i just came to notice it only leaks while im driving, if it sits and idles a min or 2 it stops and then soon as i drive leaks back.
what ive replaced so far: rear main seal, oil mpan gasket, and valve cover gasket. all were done over this last week end.
now the strange little thing: i did pan and rms saturday and it still leaked badly. so i did valve cover gasket sunday and the leak stopped, i did accidently leave the rear(one closer to cab) vacuum tube thing off til wednesday, which i then noticed white shit on my dipstick a little at the bottom when i pulled it out. so i stuck the vacuum line thing back on drove it to the parts store and got a jug of oil. did a change and the oil that came out had no white stuff. but first drive after the newest oil it was back to leaking.
so 1. whats that rear tube on the valve cover do and called and 2. please help me im outta ideas
first off my truck: its a 90' 4.0 manual bone stock motor
ok my leak: im gettin pretty bad leakage coming off my bell housing. it appears to run from between the flat plate thing that kinda closes up the round part of the bell thats not directly attached to motor. also it appears to only run from the passenger side of the bell housingbetween the plate thing. it only leaks bad once warm and i just came to notice it only leaks while im driving, if it sits and idles a min or 2 it stops and then soon as i drive leaks back.
what ive replaced so far: rear main seal, oil mpan gasket, and valve cover gasket. all were done over this last week end.
now the strange little thing: i did pan and rms saturday and it still leaked badly. so i did valve cover gasket sunday and the leak stopped, i did accidently leave the rear(one closer to cab) vacuum tube thing off til wednesday, which i then noticed white shit on my dipstick a little at the bottom when i pulled it out. so i stuck the vacuum line thing back on drove it to the parts store and got a jug of oil. did a change and the oil that came out had no white stuff. but first drive after the newest oil it was back to leaking.
so 1. whats that rear tube on the valve cover do and called and 2. please help me im outta ideas