Luvtohunt Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Noticed a bad oil drip on under my MJ, got to checking and realized all the valve cover bolts were very loose. Other than the obvious oil leak, what other issues will/did this cause. thank you for your information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Have you done any work to the valve cover recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Noticed a bad oil drip on under my MJ, got to checking and realized all the valve cover bolts were very loose. Other than the obvious oil leak, what other issues will/did this cause. thank you for your information. It'll cause THIS!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 The only thing that would happen, would be the loss of oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvtohunt Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 The only thing that would happen, would be the loss of oil. Thank you, I was hoping it may have also contributed to the blow by I am having. The truck only has 78,500 miles on it. Thank you for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula69 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Noticed a bad oil drip on under my MJ, got to checking and realized all the valve cover bolts were very loose. Other than the obvious oil leak, what other issues will/did this cause. thank you for your information. It would cause me to yell at the person who left them loose, if it were my truck :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 The only thing that would happen, would be the loss of oil. Thank you, I was hoping it may have also contributed to the blow by I am having. The truck only has 78,500 miles on it. Thank you for the information. If anything it would eliminate any blow-by,, well not eliminate but instead of the blow-by going through the ccv system it'd be pushing right into the environment. But, the VC would have to be so lose that an actual gap was present. Blow-by is caused from the air from compression/combustion cycles leaking mostly by the piston rings, or even valve seals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazjeeper Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I changed the valvecover gasket about 2 months back and just had to snug the bolts up today as the are all loose on the xj. but hay the last one I owned it was just something I did once a month like everything elts. cheak oil, tires, lube joints, tighten valvecover, wash ( maybe) lube door handels, ect, ect, ect............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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