Did the oil filter adaptor o-ring replacement today. After reading the many threads about it I wondered how hard it would be. Turned out to be pretty easy (maybe I was lucky). I bought the o-ring kit from the local Jeep dealer ($6) and a T-60 1/2" drive (gear wrench brand) from Advance (again $6). The T-60 popped out of the 1/2" drive end with one tap of the hammer and drive punch. I removed the oil filter then, working from above, with a 1/2 box wrench and a 2' cheater bar I estimate I needed about 80 foot lbs of force to break the adaptor loose. Removed and cleaned the adaptor, r & r the o-rings (oiled) made sure the engine block was clean where the new o-ring will sit and reinstalled the adaptor. As long as the oil filter was off I thought I might as well change the oil. New oil, new filter.

Took little blackie to the coin wash and dropped $10 of quarters in the box and got busy underneath (80%) and engine bay (20%). Got home and parked on a clean area of the driveway. Six hours later not one drop of oil!


Thanks to the members here at CF for educating me. There was a time I was sure the oil leak was my rear main seal.

 

An I6 without an oil leak? That's unheard of. Better check and make sure there's actually oil in it. Lol, jk. Nice! That's awesome! Mine leaks a few drops here and there, but not too much.

 

cool i thought i had the only one with no oil leaks

 

Sweet, now you can do my front pinion seal and valve cover gasket, and I can join your club.

 

SteelBlue, LOL, yeah there's oil in it.

freegdr, I wonder what percentage of I6 Jeeps don't leak oil...not many from the threads I see.


Acesnines, bring it on over. We'll

 

mine doesnt leak, but it does seep. i may drop a drip every few days. i know i don't get low enough to need topping off between oil changes. the xj goes through about a half quart in 4000 miles.

 

I have a 1997 sport with the 4.0 which doesn't leak but I have a leak at the input of the front differential and that's it right now but I prolly just jinxed myself lol

 

Mine doesnt need to leak..It all gets burned up