Ackattack
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Poulsbo WA
OK, I got this MJ and the darn thing leaks oil pretty bad. I have changed to rear main seal and oil pan gasket 3 times to no avail (1 piece oil pan gasket).
the last time I did it, I started it up and watched it. After a little while it starts dripping from the back of the motor. Obviously with everything put together I can't tell where its coming from, but it drips from the back edge of the oil pan. So I don't know if its the oil pan, the rear main seal, or somewhere else.
I'm a pretty good mechanic and I've done a lot more things than a stupid rear main seal and oil pan, but this is kicking my butt. Could it be a leaky oil gally plug or something else above the rear main seal that is leaking? I just can't believe that after doing this job 3 times that I didn't get this part right. I read the "how to" on here using oil to lubricate the seal as I put it in. I also used soap on the outside of it as described in the Haynes manual I have at home. I used felpro rear main seal and a factory one.
What the heck?
the last time I did it, I started it up and watched it. After a little while it starts dripping from the back of the motor. Obviously with everything put together I can't tell where its coming from, but it drips from the back edge of the oil pan. So I don't know if its the oil pan, the rear main seal, or somewhere else.
I'm a pretty good mechanic and I've done a lot more things than a stupid rear main seal and oil pan, but this is kicking my butt. Could it be a leaky oil gally plug or something else above the rear main seal that is leaking? I just can't believe that after doing this job 3 times that I didn't get this part right. I read the "how to" on here using oil to lubricate the seal as I put it in. I also used soap on the outside of it as described in the Haynes manual I have at home. I used felpro rear main seal and a factory one.
What the heck?