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Old 09-04-2004   #1 (permalink)
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Default Update on the leaky rear main seal problem! Pics!

For those who were following this and helping me before I apologize for the repeated topic, but I thought that starting a new thread may yeild more replys...For those who haven't here's a breif overview...I suspected my rear main seal of being leaky so I ripped everything apart...There was quite a bit of oil on my driveway after idling there for about 15 seconds (about a 4 inch puddle)...
Now that I have everything apart and I have taken a look; here is my conclusion...(or my problem I should say)...Judging by the amount of oil that was on my driveway I suspected a very bad seal...However, the seal in fact looks fine; it's a little oily at the bottom but not TOO bad...Also, with a leak that bad I expected to see oil all over the flywheel, clutch and pressure plate...but there is little to none, maybe a touch on the flywheel but that's it...With this in mind I'm lead to believe that the leak is an oil pan gasket leak, and not a main seal...BUT there is still a bit of oil inside of the bell housing?

I've made a cardomain site of some pictures I took of the bell housing, main seal, etc. etc. so I was hoping someone with a little more knowledge on this could take a look and give me their opinions on the issue...Otherwise I think I'll just go ahead and replace both the main seal and the oil pan.
The link is http://www.cardomain.com/id/leakyseal
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I'd replace the pan gasket. It looks like it's in bad condition along with the rear main seal.
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I agree with ghostdog, the pan gasket looks iffy and well, you have it apart, put in a new seal, just be sure to lube it well, replace the pan gasket with a good quality fel-pro and you should be fine....

P.S. Dont forget the other things I mentioned.....the flywheel did not look all too bad though....




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Default Forgot one thing.

Use some sealer on the flywheel bolts, BTW how many times have the flywheel bolts been torqued? It may be time to replace them, many people do not like to reuse those bolts at all....
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Flywheel bolts have only been torqued once...Probably wouldn't hurt to replace eh?

Thanks for the help so far!
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Yeah bolts are cheap, i rarely reuse critical bolts like head, rod, main and flywheel, I am a strong believer in peace of mind and inexpensive things like bolts provide just that!








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