[4wheeljive]

Hey guys, as the post suggests I'm buying a jimny and I need a little help. My concern is that every jimny I have looked at has either a transfer or gear box leak (oilly box not really dripping on the ground) ive looked at 3 different ones today and they all apeared to have this problem. My question is this a really common problem and if there is any thing I should look at.

Ive been around sierra's a long time but this is my first encounter with the Jimnys, Im also pretty handy on the spanners.

[cammac]

Not that i have a huge amount of experience with car mechanics, but when i was buying mine, i wanted it to have a full service history, mainly because it meant the previous owner wasn't a tinkerer and didn't take bit and pieces apart doing their own services. But really depends on how much you are willing to spend i'd say.

edit: i didn't encounter any leaks when i was buying but was looking at relatively new models no less than 4-5 years old at the time.

[4wheeljive]

yeah one of the jimny i looked at today was 2009 with one owner, an old guy thats never taken it off road and it had a fair amount of oil coming from the top of the gear box on the tail end (no oil any where near the motor of bell housing)

[cammac]

4wheeljive wrote:

yeah one of the jimny i looked at today was 2009 with one owner, an old guy thats never taken it off road and it had a fair amount of oil coming from the top of the gear box on the tail end (no oil any where near the motor of bell housing)

Ah weird, i was lucky with my jim, its an 08, been keeping it serviced and no problems/ leaks so far, definitely can't complain, also i haven't heard about any oil leak problems that are a common occurrence, but apart from that someone here might be a bit more help haha

[droverdave]

What's on the back of the engine head? Cause if something is leaking up there if can drip down all over the gearbox.

[Reubs]

JMO - if an oil leak isn't bad enough to leave oil on the driveway when parked overnight then it isn't worth worrying about - enjoy the free rustproofing.

[4wheeljive]

Nothing on the motor only top of gear box near the back of the box

[shep]

Are you sure it isn't grease off a tail shaft?

[Mike57]

My 2009 model has no oil leaks at all but has done about 36,000 km. The front shaft has a grease point and if too much grease is pumped in it will flick all over the place as it comes out.

[dougies_tx5turbo]

I know they have a rear gearbox seal problem, have a look through zukenutter's thread when he blew his gearbox up. I think it's also a warranty claim jimny's have.

[sideways]

Yeah, mine has the whole front tailshaft grease explosion thing happening too.

[4wheeljive]

ITs a 2009 and from the look of it it has only happened recently as there is fresh oil and no dirt and grim caked under there in the oil so I suspect it would be the rear gear box seal

[4wheeljive]

Ps I've bought that one with the leaky gearbox seal

[jimny_timmy]

My 2010 has a leak out of the rear output seal. I'm pretty sure I've got a blocked breather. I've replaced the seal 3-4 times. It's an easy job, bout $6 for the seal from rep I and maybe an hrs work if that.