"K. R." wrote:
From: "K. R." <kr98664@...>
--- Bill Lagler <wbl@...> wrote:
From: Bill Lagler <wbl@...>
Chuck Pedretti wrote:
From: Chuck Pedretti <ChuckP@...>
A question for those of you with factory and
repower Buick V6's in your
CJ's. How much clearance do you have between the
crank pulley and axle
pumpkin. A picture of mine is at
http:\\staff.magenic.com\chuckp\engine.htm
at the bottom (note the custom oak tierod :) I am
running a 2.5" lift and
was suprised at how close to the axle the pully
is. It probabally won't hit
but I though I'd check to see what is normal.
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Dear V6 Owners,
I came across this in an automotive textbook recently
and thought you might be interested.
"The relief valve on Jeep V6 engines frequently
becomes stuck in the closed position when driving
off-road. This is caused by the front axle housing
rising and denting the aluminim timing chain cover
which contains the oil pump assembly. The result is a
burst oil filter"
Copied from Automotive Engine Rebuilding, by James G.
Hughes. It sounds like your engine may be a bit
further back, closer to the pulley instead of the
cover. Be careful either way. The burst V6 oil
filter sounds vaguely familiar from the WT list
several months ago. That could interesting really
quickly.
AFAIK this only happens to swapped in V6's, not the factory
installed ones. The problem is with the direction of the
oil filter mount. From memory (maybe not quite right) the
OEM V6 has the filter coming off the right front corner
of the motor at about a 45 deg angle but level. Most of
the car engines have the filter pointed more straight
forward, 30 deg maybe, and angled down, right at the front
pumpkin. Hit a good bump and suddenly you're pumping your
oil on the ground.
I'll take a look at my jeeps tonight and try to get
some measurments.
Bill
47cj2a, swapped in V6
70CJ5, factory V6
