NecessaryEvil
Caught the Bug
So I stopped at my friends shop today to change the engine oil and rotate the tires. Well I was at it, I was going to change the engine air filter and cabin air filters too. Prior to ordering the cabin air filter, I wanted to pull the old ones out. Go to remove them and........ It has none! Lol this whole time I have had the jk, it has had no cabin air filters. No big deal, just thought that was goofy.
I racked my JK and lifted it up with the hoist. Immediately I observe oil on the trans pan. I look and smelt the oil and it turned out to be engine oil. Poking around more, I saw the oil came from the top of the bell housing. Growing a little more concerned, I lowered it back down to check the top of the motor. The valve covers were dry all the way around. Then I looked with a mirror and could see oil was coming from the middle by the valley. Looked into the valley and could see oil. It appears my oil cooler is leaking.
I searched the Internet and found many others have had this problem with the 3.6L. So I call the Jeep dealer and asked if they had the part in stock and the parts guy said they had a few. I asked how common is this problem with the 3.6 and how often do they change them, he replied almost every day. I asked if the new cooler is an upgraded version to eliminate this problem and he said the oil coolers they have are the newest version and they HOPE this will fix it. SMH
The cooler is around $240.00 dollars plus another $40.00 for intake gaskets. I will see if I have the patience enough to take pictures for a write up. Anyone else have this problem?
I racked my JK and lifted it up with the hoist. Immediately I observe oil on the trans pan. I look and smelt the oil and it turned out to be engine oil. Poking around more, I saw the oil came from the top of the bell housing. Growing a little more concerned, I lowered it back down to check the top of the motor. The valve covers were dry all the way around. Then I looked with a mirror and could see oil was coming from the middle by the valley. Looked into the valley and could see oil. It appears my oil cooler is leaking.
I searched the Internet and found many others have had this problem with the 3.6L. So I call the Jeep dealer and asked if they had the part in stock and the parts guy said they had a few. I asked how common is this problem with the 3.6 and how often do they change them, he replied almost every day. I asked if the new cooler is an upgraded version to eliminate this problem and he said the oil coolers they have are the newest version and they HOPE this will fix it. SMH
The cooler is around $240.00 dollars plus another $40.00 for intake gaskets. I will see if I have the patience enough to take pictures for a write up. Anyone else have this problem?