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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: huit-huit on March 19, 2006, 07:10:45 PM
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I have been noticing that thier have been oil under my jeep after I drive it. It is a 2.5cyl, and the motor only has about 90,000 miles on it.. It looks to be coming from the dipstick tube.So I replaced the oil dipstick. and it still comes out.. any help would be greatful thanks. andy
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I had a simular problem I noticed right after I bought my jeep. I gave her an oil change and changed the filter and it stopped. Guess the kids at jiffy or wherever the prev owner took it f-ed up something on the filter ...it has not come back. I would say change oil yourself make sure you lube filter gasket with oil and wipe every thing down and keep an eye on it.
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I agree with the oil filter thing. My jeep started reading high on the dipstick, and the oil light even flashed on for a brief moment one day (has about 66k miles on it) Changed the oil and filter the next day and it all went back to normal. Mine wasn't leaking out of the dipstick tube, but rather out of the fill cap on the valve cover :?: All better now though. I think the filter just came apart internally or something and wasn't letting the oil in :roll:
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mine is coming from the dipstick tube dipstick tube
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any info on this . i heard it was the pcv if so does anybody have a part number
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AutoZone or PepBoys or Chet Nicholes will look one up for you in a jiff.
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There is no PCV if you have a MPFI. Basically it's a pass through tube with baffles molded into the top of the valve cover. Take the CCV out and clean it.
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lol oil and yj sounds like my jeep.. when i got my jeep hte old owner had craced the plastic valve cover and drove it like that for like 1 year adn had to ad oil about ounce a week... so by the time i got it and got a new valve cover the whole engine compartment trany transfercase undebody was oil.... but now i think we got all the oil leaks fixed so now i need al new vacume tubes and basicly anything ruber cuz the oil hurt the ruber / plastic....
so the lesen here.. if it leaks oil fix it...... (not trying to be mean i just trying to make it sound like there was a point to my post)
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My '95 2.5L with 116K on it started leaking oil about a month after I did myself a favor and replaced the oil sending unit with a NAPA aftermarket one. Before that, the original Mopar one was showing 75-80 lbs all the time! The Napa one worked fine, showing a normal 35-45 lbs. I thought the oil was coming from the filter or dipstick area, but careful tracing it back showed that it was coming from the top of the sending unit! It turns out that the aftermarket one for the 2.5L's single wire unit uses the same plastic housing as the 2-wire versions for other vehicles, they simply plug the un-used contact hole with what looked like a wad of silicone, not even a hard epoxy! After a few thousand miles, the plug blew out, causing the leak! After staining two driveways and scaring me into thinking I blew out the rear seal, I angrily took it back to Napa and got a refund ($24) and went to a Jeep dealer and paid $31 for a genuine Mopar unit with, sure enough, only a single contact pin and no plugged hole. So, word of caution, use geniune parts for small stuff like this. Now I have no more leak! BTW, my rear temperature sending unit decayed from age and the wire fell out, but I replaced it with a Mopar one for $16, well worth it. Who knows what the aftermarket one was made like......
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Im looking for a new 4cyl let me know if anyone has one
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Check out this place:
http://www.allamericanautosalvage.com/aboutus.htm
They specialize in Jeeps, has about 20 CJ-YJ-TJ in the yard at all times, they sell whole engines, call them, they ship anywhere too....very reasonable prices IMO