I've been contemplating a shield/guide that clamps to the tie rod or drag link, or maybe attaches magnetically to something under there to keep the oil from getting everywhere.
These pictures are awesome. My housing is leaking at the 3 bolt heads. So I assume that my o-rings are not sealing the housing. I would like to just pull the housing and replace the o-rings.
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You probably could just swap the O-Rings. Check further up the block…just above the adapter, there’s two small plugs that tend to also seep oil. It could also be those plugs seeping and dripping down the adapter.I think I found them
2003-2025 Mopar Seal, Oil Filter Adapter 53021661AA | My Mopar Parts
2003-2025 Mopar part # 53021661AA - Seal, Oil Filter Adapter2003-2025 Mopar Seal, Oil Filter Adapter 53021660AC | My Mopar Parts
2003-2025 Mopar part # 53021660AC - Seal, Oil Filter Adapter
I have been figuring this out the for a bit. Plugs are not leaking. Can see oil build up on the heads of the 8mm bolts sitting at idle. Kind of little bubbles or spurts can be seen on 2 of the 3 bolts. I keep the rest of the area spotless because of your experience with the plugs, I was watching those and they stay clean.
Yes, I’m pretty sure it can be done without disconnecting the coolant lines. I just decided to swap the entire thing. Be careful on torque when you reinstall it’s in inch pounds on those three bolts.
Thanks! I made sure they were 76in/lbs first. Still leaking…
I put blue lock tite on them. If I remember correctly that’s what was on them from the factory.
I would use some yellow Teflon tape (oil resistant). Use such on the oil pan drain plug each time I changed oil.
Have this already. Going to try it first. I have the o-rings on order.
That’s what I used on the two threaded plugs above the adapter. I’m pretty sure the three bolts on the adapter itself don’t need it, but it wouldn’t hurt. The O rings make the seal. The cure time on the stuff you posted is pretty long FYI. Works great though.
Just hoping to slow down the leak somehow. But assuming that it won’t help. I can’t figure out why the heads of the bolts get oil around them. It should leak out the sides, but it doesn’t. I’m assuming that the o-rings are not sealing. The oil bubbles around the bolt heads when the engine is running. But no oil reaches the edge of the adapter and runs off the sides.
. I hope new o-rings will cure it. Will swap them next oil change.
The O-rings should technically make the seal. They fit into a small groove machined into the adapter. If it was installed wrong from the factory or there’s a small defect on the mating surface, I could see how they would get pinched / potentially fail. Mine felt rough in a few spots (top O-Ring). I had a very small amount of oil on the bolts when I pulled them too which I attributed to the top seal failing. I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to apply some sealant on the bolt threads, but if that O-Ring does its job it shouldn’t really matter. The full cure time on the sealant you posted I believe is 72 hours. It worked amazing on the threads for the two plugs above the adapter, but I gave it the full cure time to make sure. If you run into any headaches along the way PM me.Just hoping to slow down the leak somehow. But assuming that it won’t help. I can’t figure out why the heads of the bolts get oil around them. It should leak out the sides, but it doesn’t. I’m assuming that the o-rings are not sealing. The oil bubbles around the bolt heads when the engine is running. But no oil reaches the edge of the adapter and runs off the sides.
I don’t think the bolts run out thru the block into oil, so nothing really to seal. But I tried
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