iwannadie
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gilbert, Az
97 county, 4.0, auto, 4x4.
I had an oil drip for a long time and recently it's gotten worse and started hitting the exhaust and starts to smoke pretty bad. I have in the recent past changed the valve cover gasket(OEM dealer) and the oil filter housing o-rings(OEM dealer).
When doing the rear main seal, I used a dealer RMS and 1 piece oil pan gasket. I soaked the RMS in oil and lubed it with some dish soap, I had torn two of them before so I used the dish soap to help get it in which worked great. I used some RTV on the oil pan gasket to in place which getting the pan back in and the gasket aligned was the worst part I think.
I started it up for a few seconds and turned it off. I had oil leaking out of the bottom on the transmission bell housing that fast. It is definitely engine oil and not transmission fluid. I have looked behind the valve cover the best I could and can't see or feel any oil there. My oil filter has a little oil on it which I found odd but not on the filter housing.
The oil is also not coming out of the back of the oil pan from what I can tell, it is from inside the bell housing. I am thinking it is coming down from higher up but I honestly can't see it being the valve cover unless it is a tiny spot that I can't see or reach. I am hoping that it is some how the RMS being soaked in oil/soap isn't getting a good seal and it will dry/swell up after running it a bit and be good to go but I haven't driven it yet to check that.
Has anyone had a similar situation or care to advise me a bit. I hope it's not still the RMS but if it is the second time through will be much easier knowing what needs to be done ha.
I am also thinking about making a temporary shield to cover the exhaust from the dripping oil.
It is annoying searching for rear main seal problems because of all the abbreviations used.
I had an oil drip for a long time and recently it's gotten worse and started hitting the exhaust and starts to smoke pretty bad. I have in the recent past changed the valve cover gasket(OEM dealer) and the oil filter housing o-rings(OEM dealer).
When doing the rear main seal, I used a dealer RMS and 1 piece oil pan gasket. I soaked the RMS in oil and lubed it with some dish soap, I had torn two of them before so I used the dish soap to help get it in which worked great. I used some RTV on the oil pan gasket to in place which getting the pan back in and the gasket aligned was the worst part I think.
I started it up for a few seconds and turned it off. I had oil leaking out of the bottom on the transmission bell housing that fast. It is definitely engine oil and not transmission fluid. I have looked behind the valve cover the best I could and can't see or feel any oil there. My oil filter has a little oil on it which I found odd but not on the filter housing.
The oil is also not coming out of the back of the oil pan from what I can tell, it is from inside the bell housing. I am thinking it is coming down from higher up but I honestly can't see it being the valve cover unless it is a tiny spot that I can't see or reach. I am hoping that it is some how the RMS being soaked in oil/soap isn't getting a good seal and it will dry/swell up after running it a bit and be good to go but I haven't driven it yet to check that.
Has anyone had a similar situation or care to advise me a bit. I hope it's not still the RMS but if it is the second time through will be much easier knowing what needs to be done ha.
I am also thinking about making a temporary shield to cover the exhaust from the dripping oil.
It is annoying searching for rear main seal problems because of all the abbreviations used.