garr
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Nassau County NY
I changed my oil pan gasket & rear main seal yesterday, 111K on the Odometer (I purchased it with 85K on it), The Jeep runs great, No issues whatsoever other than a "Getting worse by the day" oil leak coming from the drivers side oil pan gasket. I figured that while I had the pan down I would change the RMS.
When I dropped the Pan there were a couple of big chunks of metal & lots of metal chips in the bottom of the sump; A Closer look revealed that it looked like the remains of a Valve lifter!!!!!!! :shocked:
I fugured Here I go! Then It came to me! that there is no way this jeep is running this smooth missing a lifter + There were No codes up.
I have big hands so it was hard for me to reach up & feel that all the lifters are in place, I called one of my buddies who has a nice auto repair shop, He has worked on many 4.0l Jeep engines; He came over & confirmed that all the lifters were in place. We pulled the valve cover & verified that all the push rods were there & we turned the engine through a few times by hand to verify all valve operations.
The only thing we could figure is that the metal was the remains of an old repair & the mechanic who did it was too lazy :wierd
Or stupid) to drop the pan & clean out the debris.
I assembled everything, Filled it with fresh mobil 1 & Filter, It started right up & runs fine!arty:
Also the engine was spotless, No sludge buildup anywhere, Nothing in the pan except the old lifter parts!
When I dropped the Pan there were a couple of big chunks of metal & lots of metal chips in the bottom of the sump; A Closer look revealed that it looked like the remains of a Valve lifter!!!!!!! :shocked:
I fugured Here I go! Then It came to me! that there is no way this jeep is running this smooth missing a lifter + There were No codes up.
I have big hands so it was hard for me to reach up & feel that all the lifters are in place, I called one of my buddies who has a nice auto repair shop, He has worked on many 4.0l Jeep engines; He came over & confirmed that all the lifters were in place. We pulled the valve cover & verified that all the push rods were there & we turned the engine through a few times by hand to verify all valve operations.
The only thing we could figure is that the metal was the remains of an old repair & the mechanic who did it was too lazy :wierd
Or stupid) to drop the pan & clean out the debris. I assembled everything, Filled it with fresh mobil 1 & Filter, It started right up & runs fine!
arty:Also the engine was spotless, No sludge buildup anywhere, Nothing in the pan except the old lifter parts!
