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09-10-2011, 09:50 AM

Golfer

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Help with identifying seal

I'm changing out my rear main seal and oil pan gasket and I found this thing in between the oil pan and transmission inspection plate. It bolts onto where the two rearmost oil pan bolts are. It cracked when I removed it and I need a new one. Can somone provide a name and or part number please? It is from a 2001 Jeep cherokee sport 2wd 4.0

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09-10-2011, 10:42 AM

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It looks like the rear most piece of a 4-piece gasket. I'd just grab the one piece fel-pro blue rubber for a new one. Oh and see if you can find some oil pan snaps to install it.

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09-10-2011, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by blue_on_blackXJ

It looks like the rear most piece of a 4-piece gasket. I'd just grab the one piece fel-pro blue rubber for a new one. Oh and see if you can find some oil pan snaps to install it.

The pan gasket I removed was one piece but it wasnt connected at the rear like the felpro one I have now is. So that part is now replaced by using the new felpro gasket? what are oil pan snaps? I read about making your own studs in the factory manual but nothing about snaps.

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09-11-2011, 01:29 PM

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After looking a bit more at the old one it appears identical to the new felpro, so I dont think it is part of the pan gasket. any other ideas?

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09-11-2011, 02:59 PM

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That piece goes on over the pan lip in the rear. IT is NOT a piece of the seal. All it was intended to do was keep dirt and grime from collecting and wearing out the rear main quicker. My 91 didn't have it but my 00 engine did so im not sure when they started putting them in there.