General Maintenance & Repairs - Nothing like completing an engine swap and having the rear main seal leak...




IRONFIST
07-05-2012, 05:34 PM
So I changed the rear main seal on my LQ9 that I just put in, and its leaking insane amounts of oil. I'm talking half a quart a day or something stupid like that...
Totally sucks...
Rest of the engines running fine though.
I think this is the last engine swap I'll ever do on my own; the amount of time just isn't worth it for me. And the frustration is never ending it seems...
Anyone know how much shops charge to fix this?


LS6427
07-05-2012, 11:25 PM
Sucks man......too bad its a 15 minute repair, but the damn tranny has to be dropped to get to it.

I had a friend who has a lift......he dropped my tranny in 45 minutes after putting it on the lift, I did the seal while he worked on another car. Then he came over to put the tranny back in. I gave him $50.00. But I also helped the whole time on the tranny R&R too.

Try to find a side-job guy like that, maybe in an F-Body club.

But I would guess a shop would charge $350.00 for tranny R&R and replacing the seal.

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