Looking at a '19 Cherokee with the 2.0T and a whopping 25k miles.
Complaint is a (surprisingly healthy) oil leak. It very much appears to be coming from the RH cam/VVT actuator in the front of the valve cover.
I checked all three retaining bolts and they're tight (loose fasteners anywhere and everywhere were not uncommon during these years for Stellantis)
At this moment I'm relatively confident in my diagnosis. I've got a seal on order, part 4893806AB. This seal appears to be used for several applications of the era, including the more common 3.6.
The only thing that gives me pause is that I can't find other reports of oil leaks at this exact location, although the 2.0 seems to have a healthy share of oil leaks in general.
I'm posting just to see if anyone else has encountered this, or maybe someone found similar but discovered the problem to actually be something else, etc. Anecdotal experience is always helpful.
At front of valve cover:
It's completely soaked the engine mount brackets below, and the belt drive has kindly distributed oil throughout:
General layout of valve cover, resident toddler indicates suspected problem seal with scribbled red arrow:
Complaint is a (surprisingly healthy) oil leak. It very much appears to be coming from the RH cam/VVT actuator in the front of the valve cover.
I checked all three retaining bolts and they're tight (loose fasteners anywhere and everywhere were not uncommon during these years for Stellantis)
At this moment I'm relatively confident in my diagnosis. I've got a seal on order, part 4893806AB. This seal appears to be used for several applications of the era, including the more common 3.6.
The only thing that gives me pause is that I can't find other reports of oil leaks at this exact location, although the 2.0 seems to have a healthy share of oil leaks in general.
I'm posting just to see if anyone else has encountered this, or maybe someone found similar but discovered the problem to actually be something else, etc. Anecdotal experience is always helpful.
At front of valve cover:
It's completely soaked the engine mount brackets below, and the belt drive has kindly distributed oil throughout:
General layout of valve cover, resident toddler indicates suspected problem seal with scribbled red arrow: