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I didn’t even think about the adapter. It’s certainly something I’ve never changed and I’ve done at least 3-4 oil changes on the truck lol. Oil change time is coming around quite soon coincidentally. My past oil changed I used T6 Rotella and I can tell it’s freeing a bunch of deposits. I wouldn’t be surprised if it opened back up a failure point in the adapter gasket that was sealed up by gunk. Have you heard of the adapters failing in this way in the past? I suppose it makes sense but I’m just worried with the volume of oil I’m seeing it’s the adapter plus some other things that I’ll be chasing around trying to fix.

My truck has been doing great recently and I’ve had zero problems for a couple of months now. Today I noticed a very strong new type of oil smell. When I got home I looked under the truck to see tons of oil dripping out with a lot of it landing on the exhaust and burning it up causing the smell. I remember I simultaneously had this exact issue when I was having problems with my fuel pressure a few months back but it just went away on its own. I just can’t tell where this oil could be coming from in such large quantities. The pictures won’t do justice of how much oil there is on everything and how fast it was dripping while it was running. It’s running so fast it’s making its way all the way to the transmission pan dripping from there as well ^ This picture you can see how much of the exhaust was getting covered and how wide of an area the oil was dripping Trans pan coated Here you can see how the oil pan is almost completely enveloped in oil. Same with the starter and the brake lines. The passenger area seems to be where it’s coming from. this is what it looks like looking down the engine from the passenger side. Everything is absolutely coated. The driver side is clean. I guess there’s only a few things that could be leaking but with how little room there is back there plus the heat it’s hard to check. Nothing’s coming from the top of the valve cover because after doing a double gasket on the oil cap, the top is totally dry. PCV and my homebrewed CCV solution are neither puddling nor seeping. Valve cover gasket on the passenger side does look like it’s seeping although I’m a bit skeptical of if it could be responsible for the volume of oil that I’m seeing although there’s no way for me to verify what the very back looks like. Driver side and the front of the VCG are bone dry. When I did my valve cover gasket in 2022 I do remember having a lot of trouble getting the correct torque on the very back bolt with that evil angle. If all my oil was originating up there in the middle back I would expect there to be more even drip on both sides of the engine. I couldn’t get a good picture but the driver side of the engine is clean metal. rear main seal is something I’m really hoping that is not the case, although I truly don’t know how I’d check when so much of the firewall side on this engine is covered in oil and grime I can get more pictures later when it cools down. I was pretty limited laterally with how hot it was down there. I already seared the top of my hand on the exhaust by accident. what do yall think? I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some crankcase pressure issues exacerbating it because I am still running a bit of a jerryrigged solution for my CCV hose that definitely has more of a restricted flow than the normal hose. Another thing that confuses me is how fast it onset. It suddenly got so bad so quickly. Yesterday there was no smell and zero leaks under the truck, and today it was terrible. there’s certainly always been something leaking in whatever area it is since I’ve had the truck. there’s always been a lot of oil and grime buildup on that part of the engine but it’s never been enough to drip on the ground. I’m guessing it just finally fully failed and is just letting tons of oil out. My oil pressure is still great though FWIW

I was just going to post Willie!

This is the guy that has it https://www.hazardbuildz.com/ "This MJ is one of our personal rigs that we planned to keep for a long time, but with new projects and big things to come we have decided to part ways with this one of a kind nut & bolt RestoMod". I guess it's good to know it wasn't (at least supposed to be) a quick flip by whoever bought it

This might be my favorite MJ I’ve seen on the site so far. Very well done

My God…

Am I looking at this correctly??

This is so real. I get thrashed around so much at stock ride height, I can’t even imagine how it feels in a lifted MJ

It's always jarring seeing what the eliminator decal is supposed to look like lol. Mine is unrecognizable

I feel like with the technical nature of many of these threads, there is scarcely a chance to show off your truck just for fun. I thought it might be cool to get some pictures in here. Some guys I feel like I’ve never even seen what their truck looks like other than in their profile picture.

Woah that's cool. I didn't even notice the case was different

What's the difference between this and the other chief decals? My friend's 84 chief looks exactly the same

I have always loved how those steelies look on these jeeps. I've daily driven my 4.0 AW4 for 4 years, no regrets. It's nice driving something that I always turn around to look at when I park

I saw this beaut in 2021 driving through Austin

Any plans for that skid plate?

Good to know. I guess I know what I’m doing if my NTK CPS starts crapping out on me

Do you actually need the mopar kit or can you just manually shorten the wire and splice it?

Woah that’s a really neat fix. Sounds pretty easy too especially for not having to worry about the CPS dropping out anymore.

They didn't call him "The Sound" for nothing. Never doubt a jazz musician that smokes cigs right on his album covers

So the common CPS issues stem from the connector itself? If you soldered the wires together, how would you check voltage on it? Or does that fix completely eliminate the need to do so in the first place?

Wow, I was a detailer for a year and completely forgot about these. Thanks so much for the tip

What was your strategy on getting it off? I tried messing with it earlier and the pieces i can even get lifted just break off into hard tiny pieces. I fear I may have to tediously sit there spraying goo gone and slowly scraping it all off with a plastic razor blade.

Thanks! Will keep the thread updated. I’m curious how much it’ll change the look of the truck

Thank yall! I was definitely more leaning that way but I just needed that extra nudge because it’ll probably be a couple of years until I can put a new decal on