ENGINE DAMAGE – Oil change gone horribly wrong!!
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From: Bend, OR
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
What does that mean? "BOOM!!!!!"? Did it explode? Did one of your tires blow? Did a piano fall on your Jeep?
You mention that now the oil pressure needle fluctuates when at stop lights so I assume you've addressed the filter issue, filled it with oil, and are now driving it? Besides the wobbly needle are there any other issues? I really want to know what the BOOM with five exclamation points was.
You mention that now the oil pressure needle fluctuates when at stop lights so I assume you've addressed the filter issue, filled it with oil, and are now driving it? Besides the wobbly needle are there any other issues? I really want to know what the BOOM with five exclamation points was.
I would assume that by "BOOM!!!!!" he means that when the oil pressure built up, it started spraying oil out from in between the two gaskets like a fire sprinkler...but that's just me.
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From: California
Year: 91
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Year: 1989
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I tend to assume the same but have to admit, it would be funny if it was the piano. I suggest repeating the oil/filter change, this time making sure there's only one seal on the filter seat, and I bet everything will be fine. It might smell for a while until all that oil burns off, though.
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From: Lost in the wilds of Virginia
Year: 1998 Classic (I'll get it running soon....) and 02 Grand
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Oh, wow. I feel really dumb now.
I didn't even think of the piano thing!
It's a classic symptom, and I completely overlooked it!
