/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Here's an out of focus horrible photato of the fluid leak. This is after ~1 week without driving, usually its smaller.

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>>1464896
Just came from there, this belongs here I guess.

>>1464894
Not this post either, filthy troll

>>1464894
See that nice oil covered dark spot above the filter and everything next to it is clean. I would start looking north of that oil covered spot.

>>1464895
That looks like coolant. Nowadays coolant isn't sweet, they've mafe it taste bitter because animals would drink it off the road from leaking cars and die.
Can you get another angle of the hose you're talking about? It looks like it would go to the water pump, but if that a WP hose was disconnected you would know, not to mention that seems a bit small of a hose.

>>1464894
Also you have a power steering leak. (I forgot to add that to my other comment.)
>>1464902

>>1464902
>>1464903
I can't get very good pictures with how little room there is so idk how much help this is.

Here's where the bottom end of the hose appears to terminate. This is looking up at the driver's side. I think this is the front differential? The owner never uses 4wd which may explain why nothing's been damaged.

This is where the hose was flopping around when I found it. Still looking up at the driver's side under the left side of the motor, that's the steering column going up into the cab.

It was dangerously close to touching the serpentine belt.

BTW that's the loose hose in the far left of the previous image: >>1464919

And this is the top end of the hose. I don't even seen an opening where this connector would allow fluid to pass. It almost looks like a greasing tube or something meant to inject grease into the front differential from a more convenient spot? But I don't know why it would be loose, and I can't find any sort of mount or connector which would mate to this.

>>1464922
It doesnt look like there is an outlet to the hose. Is that just a senor thats supposed to clip to something?

It’s a breather vent for the differential. It connects to a small round hard plastic end that is attached to a stud on the inner fender below the battery. I'd attach (ziptie) it to something to keep it as high as possible and out of the way of anything moving.

>>1464922
Same engine as my Grand Cherokee, it looks like it goes to a small trans cooler on the front of the radiator

>>1464922
>>1464931
Wait, different connection. I’m retarded and can’t tell if your pics are coming from above or below.

>>1464930
Is it this hose?

>>1464931
>>1464936
I don't think it's either of those, it's coming off the front-left side of the front differential at an upwards angle, it's immediately below the oil filter.

>>1464930
I think this is a bingo! The connector has no holes so a breather seems right. Also the connector clicked onto the exposed threads of one of the strut bolts like it was meant to be.

I routed it out of danger, away from the other hoses, and snapped it in here.

Thanks dudes! I'll check the fluid levels now to see what's leaking.

>>1464894

probably dog piss

also thats a breather/vent just pull it out and forget about it

unless you can figure out how to use google and find where it belongs

>>1464916
What's with the crack right above the circle? Looks like the tranny is split wide open.

>>1464894
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcQkcEpvUb4

>>1464894
valve cover leaks and drips down. gets whipped about by the fan, dirt sticks and everything gets coated.
Paper towels and clean off as much of the hoses and engine block you can get to.
Or spray it clean, but be careful not to push water into electrics.
The other spot is front and rear main seals. You can usually spot the oil drop on one of the pan bolts.
>>1464895
Too clean to be oil. could be as other anon says, coolant.
>>1464919
Check your power steering reservoir.
Also check that sensor directly above the oil filter in your pic. That's the oil pressure sender and they are notorious for leaking. Tho usually right out the plug port.
I'd still be cleaning all that up to make sure it's not a leak in your power steering.

>>1465311
Oh.. and if there is a filter boss (connects filter to engine block) look around that. Depends on the engine but those have a seal and a O-ring bolt that can let loose and drip.
That and if you didn't take off the old oil filter gasket and have two there. But usually that makes one big effing mess

>>1465311
>>1465312
Thanks, I'll clean what I can and pass that on to the owner. I checked all the fluid levels and they're all at max, so idk. Too much effort for me, I was just conscripted to do an oil change!

>>1464993
>also thats a breather/vent just pull it out and forget about it
Until you drive through standing water and your diff fills up with mud.

That's the breather hose for the front differential, secure it somewhere with a ziptie, or find the stud it was shoved onto.

>>1465294
looks like a metal ID tag to me

>>1466265
Way to come in and copy what I said... two days later... .

>>1466265

pressure inside diff > pressure of some other shit hes driving through

itll be fine