ToddHanna

I was out this weekend in Azusa Canyon, not running it too hard, and all the sudden the engine died. I went to restart and all I heard with the sound of the starter spinning. I looked under my jeep and saw a puddle of engine oil. As you can see there is a crack and a hole in the manifold between the Block and the Oil Pan. This is on the Passenger Side rear of engine just in front of the Bell Housing. There are no signs of external contact, the explosion came from within. Has anyone ever seen this before? Does anyone know what happened here? I am at 70K, and I am taking it to the dealership tomorrow with my fingers crossed. Any words of advice?

Earth Siege

In the great words of MC Hammer.." we got to pray!"

Good luck at dealer.....that absolutly blows. I would be pissed beyond measure!

cajunaviator

What year is your Jeep?

Mr. Smiley

Like stated earlier, good luck on getting it figured out hopefully chrysler does you soon good and replaces your motor.. If not. Time for a Hemi.!

ToddHanna

It is a 2009

ToddHanna

Of course I have "100,000k Chrysler Powertrain Warranty" and I purchased the "Platinum Service Contract" that is supposed to cover everything the standard warranty doesn’t......this will be a good test.

YELLOWFEVER

Water in the engine will do that, it happened to one of my freind, the transmission case was split to !

Mr. Smiley

Good luck and make sure to document EVERYTHING.. that means every phone call, who you talked to, and at what time. Along with all service records. Again, Good Luck

x-0448474

thats part of the oil pan or at least it comes with the oil pan..
i changed mine last summer

nmwranglerx

Man that is scary stuff. I'd hate to be way out on a trail rock crawling and have that happen. Good luck with the dealership. At least you have the warranty. I bought my jeep second hand, hence I'd be paying out of pocket if something like that happened to me