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kaiserjeep,
Are you sure you are losing oil from the engine? The ONLY reason I ask is I have a similar amount of oil that showed up on the bottom of my oil pan and immediately thought a)crankcase venting or b) leaking front axle boot.

STRANGELY ENOUGH, I blew all the oil and crap off the front axle, boot, oil pan, etc. Then drove it again at highway speeds for about two hours.

The oil was coming from the front axle breather valve. I wondered why I wasn't losing any engine oil. But then I checked the front axle and it was low about two quarts, which I refilled immediately. I just ordered three breather valves, one for each axle. Hopefully that will resolve MY problem.

CLEAN the front axle, engine underneath, etc with a power sprayer. CAREFULLY. Make sure you get all the mess. Then go drive it. It will probably still be the crankcase ventilation, BUT you never know. After I clean up the front axle breather problem, I will HOPE that there are no crankcase breather problems. If there are, I too will install Bjorns idea. IT IS more eco/bio diesel friendly. And as he says, it should make deep fording setup a shade quicker.

HEY, BJORN, do you have your axle breather tubes extended for fording operations?? Is it necessary?? jim