Goblin blood on my garage floor

[rickshaw]

It's my turn for the Goblin blood on the garage floor. Over the weekend I noticed a small puddle starting to form. Thought it might be the water pump so I ran it over to have the dealer check it out. It was the water pump and it was covered under the 10/120 powertrain warranty. Also I had a small transmission leak that was also covered under the 10/120 powertrain warranty. I also had them replace the timing belt while they were in there.

It's great to be an Original Owner with that full powertrain warranty.

[Ldub]

It's my turn for the Goblin blood on the garage floor. Over the weekend I noticed a small puddle starting to form. Thought it might be the water pump so I ran it over to have the dealer check it out. It was the water pump and it was covered under the 10/120 powertrain warranty. Also I had a small transmission leak that was also covered under the 10/120 powertrain warranty. I also had them replace the timing belt while they were in there.

It's great to be an Original Owner with that full powertrain warranty.

GOOD NEWS!...

I love a story with a happy ending...

[VX KAT]

Warranty? What's that?
How refreshing, really refreshing!!
Way to go Gene!
What do we have here, maybe 5 others members with the 10 yrs?....and probably some expired, and some to be expired within a year or so.

Let's see if I can count them on one hand....circmand, deermagnet, rickshaw, SuperDave, dietz99vcross.....now onto two hands.....ummmm, can't recall any others....

[nfpgasmask]

Mine is STILL leaking. It's not the water pump though because I don't have the coolant build up on top of the timing covers like I did before. So this must be the dreaded o-ring.

The leak is slight but constant. I've been mostly driving the Trooper so I am seeing the coolant drip on the garage floor now again whereas before it was just blowing off.

Has anyone fixed this o-ring before themselves? From what I remember reading the top end of the motor needs to come off to get to the o-ring.

My VX is also leaking tranny fluid. Rickshaw, do you know if it was the "accumulator piston cover" that was leaking? I think that might be where my leak is coming from.

Bart

[Ldub]

Has anyone fixed this o-ring before themselves? From what I remember reading the top end of the motor needs to come off to get to the o-ring.

Bart

Yep...

You need to look under the intake with a flashlight, behind where the upper rad hose connects to the thermo housing...

Been there, done that...
Once upon a time, had the whole intake mani gasket replacement done, & since I was that deep, thought I'd replace the thermo too....ARGHHHHHH...
I nicked the O ring that comes off the back of the thermo housing, & didn't find out until I had torqued the intake mani bolts & fired it up....more

Tore it all down again, & since there were no O rings available at that point in time...goobered it up with some hi-temp RTV & let it cure over night...

Been to Moab twice on that repair, though I carry a couple of spare O rings, for when it eventually fails...

Have wrench - will travel!

[nfpgasmask]

So it's a pain but doesn't require pulling the motor or anything then.

I really hope this is where my leak is coming from. I need to check my radiator hoses and make sure they are not leaking first, but I am pretty sure they are good since I replaced them when I did my timing belt.

Bart

[rickshaw]

The Dealer replaced the Water Pump, Timing Belt, Manifold Gasket and Oring.

My VX is also leaking tranny fluid. Rickshaw, do you know if it was the "accumulator piston cover" that was leaking? I think that might be where my leak is coming from.

They said the tranny leak was the Shift Shaft Seal.

[atilla_the_fun]

Yep...

You need to look under the intake with a flashlight, behind where the upper rad hose connects to the thermo housing...

Been there, done that...
Once upon a time, had the whole intake mani gasket replacement done, & since I was that deep, thought I'd replace the thermo too....ARGHHHHHH...
I nicked the O ring that comes off the back of the thermo housing, & didn't find out until I had torqued the intake mani bolts & fired it up....more

Tore it all down again, & since there were no O rings available at that point in time...goobered it up with some hi-temp RTV & let it cure over night...

Been to Moab twice on that repair, though I carry a couple of spare O rings, for when it eventually fails...

Have wrench - will travel!

What O-ring is this exactly? I've got a coolant drip from the bottom of mine. I'm having a hard time tracing it back to the source.