help please! oil everywhere and 1 other thing

So I noticed a few days ago that my Jeep smelled like ass(burning oil) and so last night I went to the car wash and washed down my engine bay. Still smells like burning oil. Without knowing anything else was wrong, I plulled up into the driveway with intention of just using purple cleaner and pine sol and a hose to wash out my engine bay good. then I see this...


I'm thinking it may be the oil filter o-rings.. I've heard that's a common thing. My LCA and much of the rest of my passenger front end is just soaked in oil.

AND!

When inspecting the engine, I managed knocking a tube loose pouring liquid everywhere, not sure what it is, but that's what the puddle of whatever is by the large oil spots... But then I found that the coupler that puts all these tubes into one has broken off at the tube I knocked loose. What is this called so I can go buy a new one? And what did i spill everywhere? the tube go into the front of the engine.



any help is greatly appreciated.

looks like your heater control valve. get a new one from Napa (cheap) and reinstall. Dont know what to make of the oil. HTH

My oil adapter rings went bad, But I could see thats where it was comeing from. Run the motor and see if you can see it dripping out. Mine only leaked while it was running.

Yeah, just got that answered on another forum, thanks though!

Here's bigger pictures of the oil leak problem.

Also check for a leaking oil filter, and the oil pressure switch.

Got the heater control valve replaced.

anddddddd

my oil filter was cracked - much easier than I thought.

thanks guys.

Yep, the old heater valves crack all the time.......

What kind of oil filter, for reference? What did you replace it with?

Just for reference, you don't really need the heater control valve. You can just run straight hoses, and the blender door still works when you don't want heat.

True, newer vehicles don't even have the heater valve and just plumb directly.....

Although some Ford 3500 guys were complaining about the air conditioning not doing as well as they would have liked. After installing a manual valve in the heater core lines so they could shut off flow in the summer time, they noticed that the air conditioner cooled better and didn't even need to use Max A/C anymore.....

So you decide what you want to do......It's 20 or so dollars for a heater valve, FYI.