So with the last oil change, my Cherokee has really turned into quite the leaker. It is doing an excellent job of marking its territory wherever I park.
I let it idle in the parking lot for about 10 minutes yesterday, and it started to puddle and run down the driveway!
The oil filter housing is leaking. From what I've heard on these 4.0 Cherokees is the motor mount has to come out.
Once the motor mount has to come out, there's a couple of torx-headed bolts going right into the block (go Chrysler!).
There is a seal on the oil filter housing that kind of looks like below. THe middle seal starts to leak
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What I'm thinking of doing is degreasing the entire area, wrapping it tightly with duct tape, then using a few zip ties to seal and keep the duct tape tight.
The area doesn't get insanely hot as it's not the engine.
What does everyone think?
I let it idle in the parking lot for about 10 minutes yesterday, and it started to puddle and run down the driveway!
The oil filter housing is leaking. From what I've heard on these 4.0 Cherokees is the motor mount has to come out.
Once the motor mount has to come out, there's a couple of torx-headed bolts going right into the block (go Chrysler!).
There is a seal on the oil filter housing that kind of looks like below. THe middle seal starts to leak
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What I'm thinking of doing is degreasing the entire area, wrapping it tightly with duct tape, then using a few zip ties to seal and keep the duct tape tight.
The area doesn't get insanely hot as it's not the engine.
What does everyone think?
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