So, soon after we brought home PIPPI, our brand new 2021 Jeep JL Wrangler 2-door Sport, Cindy and I took a bunch of all around photos just like we always do. We do this just to have a record of what our Jeeps looked like bone stock and use them as a reference as we modify them. Well, when we got to the underside, I noticed a couple of drops of what looked like reddish fluid hanging below 2 bolts and right where the bell housing mates to the transmission. Of course, aside from there being a potential leak, it seemed odd to me that it'd look like ATF especially being that we have a manual transmission. This is what it looked like.
After giving things a closer look, I couldn't find any signs of where the drops came from and being there weren't any drops on the cross member or the ground, I wrote it off as an assembly spill, wiped it up and called it a day.
Well, today I decided to give things a look again, just to make sure that no new drops were present. And unfortunately, there were.
If these drops were hanging at the point where the transmission mated to the transfer case, it would make a whole lot more sense to me but I have to admit, I'm at a total loss as to where this stuff is coming from. Brake fluid is clear, power steering fluid is clear and it doesn't look, smell or feel like coolant or washer fluid. Unless MTL is now red in color, I just don't know.
Anyway, a trip to the dealership is in order but I thought I would post this up just in case someone else with a manual out there has seen this and knows what it is.
After giving things a closer look, I couldn't find any signs of where the drops came from and being there weren't any drops on the cross member or the ground, I wrote it off as an assembly spill, wiped it up and called it a day.
Well, today I decided to give things a look again, just to make sure that no new drops were present. And unfortunately, there were.
If these drops were hanging at the point where the transmission mated to the transfer case, it would make a whole lot more sense to me but I have to admit, I'm at a total loss as to where this stuff is coming from. Brake fluid is clear, power steering fluid is clear and it doesn't look, smell or feel like coolant or washer fluid. Unless MTL is now red in color, I just don't know.
Anyway, a trip to the dealership is in order but I thought I would post this up just in case someone else with a manual out there has seen this and knows what it is.
