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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 02:51 PM
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these are before and after pics of my jeeps head,would like to know is if the head gasket is bad.block cracked or head is warped.it leaks only oil no water.and it only leaks behind the distributor.this is after brake cleaner.
and this is after it ran for like 5 mins to op temp.this is the bolt to the far right of the first pic.
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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anyone???
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 10:26 AM
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Hard to say for sure, I'm leaning towards the gasket.

If it was mine and the compression was good, no oil in the coolant, no coolant in the oil etc... I would slap some rtv over that and keep on going till the engine blows. That's just me though...
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 10:49 AM
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The older heads are pretty strong and I doubt it's cracked, but if it's been overheated really bad it could have warped the head.

It's a lot of work to replace the gasket and if you're going to do that, and the Jeep has high mileage, then i would go as far as to have the head rebuilt- cleaned, new valve seals, maybe a valve job, and install new lifters.
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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think i may replace the motor found a 94 engine with 110k miles for 450.my motor has 180k bad rings and leaking head.not sure if the 94 will be directr replacment tho.
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 91odcherokee
think i may replace the motor found a 94 engine with 110k miles for 450.my motor has 180k bad rings and leaking head.not sure if the 94 will be directr replacment tho.
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 11:58 PM
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ok so yeaterday i pulled both ccv's gave them a good wash.replaced them and tried to get them to spit oil but got nothing,thefront filter would drip before.and i drove the **** out of it trying to get blowby to push oil out.got nothing.maybe no blowby?or not to bad?
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