rear main seal
07-29-2012, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 89 country boy
Has anyone ever done a rear main seal? And if so how much of a ***** was it for u?
07-29-2012, 03:38 PM
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There could be a good chance that the rear main is not your leak. In most cases it's the oil filter adaptor and valve cover that leak and makes it look like the rear main.
07-29-2012, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Bustedback
There could be a good chance that the rear main is not your leak. In most cases it's the oil filter adaptor and valve cover that leak and makes it look like the rear main.
07-29-2012, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 89 country boy
That wat we thought but we did the rear main seal and that was the problem. It was almost complelty eatin away
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Originally Posted by jomps
did it today? howd it go?
07-29-2012, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by NorCalJeep
Fixed it, good. I might have to do this soon too. 
07-29-2012, 10:10 PM
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the hardest part for me was getting the pan back on without messing up the gasket and rtv.
If I could have done it on a lift it would have been much easier.
I drained the oil and pulled the pan the night before so it wasn't really dripping on me. at first the new seal worked.then after a few days it leaked a very little but no dip on the ground. after about a month it was completely dry and (knock on wood) still is
If I could have done it on a lift it would have been much easier.
I drained the oil and pulled the pan the night before so it wasn't really dripping on me. at first the new seal worked.then after a few days it leaked a very little but no dip on the ground. after about a month it was completely dry and (knock on wood) still is
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07-30-2012, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by xjheep92
the hardest part for me was getting the pan back on without messing up the gasket and rtv.
If I could have done it on a lift it would have been much easier.
I drained the oil and pulled the pan the night before so it wasn't really dripping on me. at first the new seal worked.then after a few days it leaked a very little but no dip on the ground. after about a month it was completely dry and (knock on wood) still is
If I could have done it on a lift it would have been much easier.
I drained the oil and pulled the pan the night before so it wasn't really dripping on me. at first the new seal worked.then after a few days it leaked a very little but no dip on the ground. after about a month it was completely dry and (knock on wood) still is
07-30-2012, 01:06 AM
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I'm pretty sure my oil pan gasket is leaking. It looks pretty straight forward, just unbolt and drop, what makes it such a PITA?
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Not so bad if you drop the starter and jack up the front of the XJ (the body so that the front end hangs down a little) so that the front of the pan clears the steering components.