about 6000 rpm with 28" tyres, 3.07 ratio
Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
wrangler towed in gear
Nov 01, 2004
54 Replies
The voice of experience? ;-)
-Brian
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Is there a chance the thing froze up during the tow?
You folks are talking the same part, the casting plugs in the side and end of the block. Commonly known as frost plugs or freeze plugs or that hole you put a block heater into....
Buddy could be lucky and one coincidentally decided to let go???
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'ssnipped-for-privacy@pobox.com wrote:
not yet :-)
There wouldn't be a lack of oil. If the engine is turning, the oil pump is pumping!
Unless maybe the trans accidentally put it's self in reverse! :-)
One could have rotted away and just decided to blow I guess or blown from vibration. If that's the case, all of them need changing ASAP. It takes some nasty corrosion to rot them.
Unfortunately there is/was no pressure or anything to 'build up' to cause one to go.
They are cheap at least, but not very accessible. 2 of them are on the back of the engine, one under the tranny bell housing.
Can he not just take a look at the block to see if there is a big freaking hole there or a nasty crack?
Antifreeze also runs through the intake manifold. There is a hose fitting at the back drivers side. Maybe that let go?
It really shouldn't be hard to see where the fluid is coming from.....
Mike
snipped-for-privacy@pobox.com wrote:
What about gas wash causing the rings to seize up?
Mike
bllsht wrote:
I guess it's possible. I'm just having a problem believing somebody could tow a vehicle in gear without noticing it, let alone going 100 miles like that.
can't see it either - there would be a hell of a vibration at the least surely ?
Now that we agree on! LOL!
Mike
bllsht wrote:
What's the world coming to? :-)
Thank you Mike and to everyone else that have responded to my question, I've learned a lot.
He checked it out this weekend and found it's leak>One could have rotted away and just decided to blow I guess or blown
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