We just started towing our 2011 Jeep Liberty and it has a lot of oil on it. What are our options so we don't need to give it a bath each week??!!
Start finding and fixing leaks. They don't call them detroit leakers for nothing. Seriously though, they don't have to leak like that. It takes patience and persistence.
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Wasn't too bad... Just a lot of little dots after a six hour journey...
Fix leaks or buy an enclosed trailer. Car covers mostly blow off, tear, or beat the paint into submission. I use a bottle of spray car detailer, some Windex and a bunch of those microfiber towels you buy by the dozen at Walmart.
Came out the airbox drains on our 671. Cut quart oil containers and placed under tubes with a rag in the bottom. Changed rags when necessary. Hope this helps. Raymond
Hahahahaha! Nice! What are those horse hair skirt things that I see sometimes on the back of RVs?
Mine started (8V92TA) blowing oil out the drain tubes, blower seals were replaced and no more oil drips or floods. Back to not losing a drop. Hope that isn't your problem.
After a similar experience, I found that the 8V71 was happier (i.e. fewer drips and no spray on my toad) if I kept the oil level no higher than the halfway point between low and full on the dipstick. Also, don't rely on one reading. Take readings frequently after shutdown and with the engine cold, before startup. Leave it between the halfway point. Drive on!
Dennis
I meant to say, "below the halfway point". D
The LAST thing you want on the rear of your coach is "the horse hair things" they will make the engine heat and make a mess out of themselves and everthing behind them.>>>Dan
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His few spots could be coming from the differential,transmission ,power steering or a small fuel leak too anything that takes oil or fuel leaking a drop or 2 the drops are going to end up on the tow vehicle
I thought all Detroit Diesels spewed oil??!!
What should I be checking on a regular basis? Had an oil/filter change a couple months ago. Water levels? Oil levels?
Quote from: Billysurf on August 13, 2017, 06:21:33 PM
I thought all Detroit Diesels spewed oil??!!
What should I be checking on a regular basis? Had an oil/filter change a couple months ago. Water levels? Oil levels?
Mine didn't leak a drop until the blower seals went. That was in about 30,000 miles since I had owned it. Started on one trip and got worse on the second. Last trip out used a gallon in about 135 miles. Blowing it out drain tubes. As far as checking fluid levels, I do it everytime before I start it.
I love my whiskers. They keep all manner of crap off my Toad. Of course my bus is front engine etc. so no worries about the DD cooling issues. Ha! But then there is the fact that my entire living space is only 9' long-------
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Quote from: oltrunt on August 13, 2017, 07:26:21 PM
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This thing is SWEET!!!!!!! What kind is it?? From what I can tell ,it look's like a Chevy..
Thanks Big Red. Yup it s a '35 Chevy with a Chevy badged Isuzu turbo diesel for running gear. It is a little tight even for two but it has a high fun factor to make up for it!
Jack
Just had mine out for the first time with a toad and we got out the dawn dish soap to clean it off.. didn't take long.
But now these blower seals?.. like for the turbo? Where are these seals you speak of? How can inspect them, how do you go about replacing them? So many questions.
Quote from: neoneddy on August 14, 2017, 09:44:07 AM
Just had mine out for the first time with a toad and we got out the dawn dish soap to clean it off.. didn't take long.
But now these blower seals?.. like for the turbo? Where are these seals you speak of? How can inspect them, how do you go about replacing them? So many questions.
Blower seals. They had it scattered. Turbo's have seals also. Could be several things I guess. Rings. I didn't know and was smart enough not to try to work on it myself. They pulled air box drain plates and checked for ring leakage and after all the checks found blower area underneath wet, soaked from oil. My 8V92TA only has 86,000 miles on the puppy. They fixed seals, set the rack and checked governor and it did run better coming back to bus barn when I picked it up a few weeks back. Back to no leaky oil, nowhere. There's a post on my troubles from a few months back with all the info. ;D
N I C E !!!!!