Mysterious puddle of oil under jeep

[Lagavulin]

Must have been some bad diahrea!!

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Damn taco night.

 

[jkmadness]

Justin,by looking at the picture it looks like it might be coming from the engine rear main seal.

 

[Lagavulin]

Justin,by looking at the picture it looks like it might be coming from the engine rear main seal.

Thanks ed. I'll take a look at it this weekend. Is that hard to fix?

 

[Cbking]

Justin,by looking at the picture it looks like it might be coming from the engine rear main seal.

So would agree with this. My Tj leaks like 1 drop a night. If it is just a small drip just keep checking levels and keep it topped off.

 

[Jiffy05]

Thanks ed. I'll take a look at it this weekend. Is that hard to fix?

This job I guess all you have to do is drain the oil, take the oil pan off, and then you should be able to get to the rear main seal.

 

[jkmadness]

Thanks ed. I'll take a look at it this weekend. Is that hard to fix?

This job I guess all you have to do is drain the oil, take the oil pan off, and then you should be able to get to the rear main seal.

I hate to break the bubble but to replace the rear main seal on an engine the transmission needs to come off or slid back enough to get at it :grayno:

 

[mkjeep]

I hate to break the bubble but to replace the rear main seal on an engine the transmission needs to come off or slid back enough to get at it :grayno:

Incorrect. TJ 's have a 2 piece rear main seal, pretty common leak. You don't have to move the tranny on a TJ. My LJ leaks there but not enough to worry about. I won't replace mine unless it gets worse. Seen too many replace theirs and 6mos later it's leaking again.

 

[jkmadness]

Incorrect. TJ 's have a 2 piece rear main seal, pretty common leak. You don't have to move the tranny on a TJ. My LJ leaks there but not enough to worry about. I won't replace mine unless it gets worse. Seen too many replace theirs and 6mos later it's leaking again.

Wow, last time I saw a two piece rear main seal was on the Chrysler marine inboard engines from the late 80's

 

[jkmadness]

Are they rubber seals or rope seals

 

[mkjeep]

Are they rubber seals or rope seals

Rubber, easily damaged reinstalling if not careful.

 

[wilkinsglock5]

Justin,by looking at the picture it looks like it might be coming from the engine rear main seal.

I agree it definitely looks as though the issue is the rear main seal. Mine is also leaking and I found out by brake cleaning the area and waiting to see if it was leaking from where I thought. this is very helpful as I did not know that it was a 2 part deal as said by mkjeep. I will wait until it is an absolute problem before I replace mine.