Rear Main Seal

[atkinson40]

I thought my tranny was leaking, but now I'm thinking maybe the rear main seal is hosed and it's blowing oil back over the bottom of the tranny pan to make it look like its leaking. Can the rear main seal be replaced if the tranny/clutch/flywheel is removed? Thanks Kevin

 

EDIT: Just read this in another post.

 

"once a motor uses oil its pretty much the way it is till its rebuild.

But if you could post a photo of the driver side of motor so you can see the valve cover the the crank case vent pipe maybe there is a hose routed wrong where its overpressurizing the crank case.Or plugged"

 

What is this talking about?

[banzai510(hainz)]

clean motor and see where the leak is comming from.

 

I seen the stock oil sending units leak.run down and make like the pan is leaking.

 

Is yoour PVC sysytem hooked back up correctly? If yes then dont worry about the plugged statement

A photo of drivwr side engine will be needed to see this. But I will assume its good

 

As for the statement once they use oil( You drive them out of oil) they become oil burners(wore out)

[atkinson40]

clean motor and see where the leak is comming from.

 

I seen the stock oil sending units leak.run down and make like the pan is leaking.

 

Is yoour PVC sysytem hooked back up correctly? If yes then dont worry about the plugged statement

A photo of drivwr side engine will be needed to see this. But I will assume its good

 

As for the statement once they use oil( You drive them out of oil) they become oil burners(wore out)

 

 

What about changing the rear main seal while the tranny is out? -k

[bananahamuck]

 

 

What about changing the rear main seal while the tranny is out? -k

 

 

Clean ,Clean, Clean FIRST to find true source of leak

 

then

 

Yes, if it is leaking from round seal , remove flywheel and ..just use one of these like a claw hammer ..................VERY CAREFULLY ......dont scratch crankshaft

 

http://www.google.co...ved=0CDgQ8wIwAQ

 

 

rear main seals are cheap