Forcefed86

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So I bought new forward and rear main seals last year. Sealed great all race season. I'll be running a new LS motor this year.

I'm always hearing talk of the LS series engines and reusable gaskets/seals. Have you all had good luck reusing lightly used seals? Or better to just buy new for the front and rear?

This is a $500 motor. And just a drag toy. If theres a good chance I don't need seals, then I'd like to just reuse what I have. If people have had bad experiences doing so, I'll grab some new seals.

Thanks

soundengineer

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if you have easy access to it...you might as well replace them...
wouldnt want an oil leak in the middle of your car to cause the rear tires to lose traction at high speeds.

axld

agree, good example , replaced mine ( rear)before tranny went in just for good measure.

Forcefed86

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I can see replacing an "old" seal. What I'm saying is the seals are less than a year old with maybe 1500 miles on them. After inspecting the slightly used seals I'm going to run them. They look new. Time will tell...

soundengineer

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why ask if you should, when you are just going to do what you want anyways?

Forcefed86

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Couple reasons...

First I hadn't seen my old seals, and I wanted opinions to help me make my decision.

Second I was asking if anyone had actual experience with my specific situation. What I got was a basic ""might as well" answer.

Yes, obviously if I'm doing routing maint. and have access to a seal thats 8 years old and has 80,000 miles or more on it I'm going to change out the seal.

These seals have very little miles and looked "like new". So I made my own decision.

Thanks for your opinion though... about as useful as always.

billymgb1000

Hey forcefed I rebuilt my motor last year and reused a few like valley,valve covers and front crank seal and they were 2years old but looked good and no leaks so do what you want

CattleAc

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I would run them...There's a lot of rigs we see at our shop with well over 200,000 on the clock with no major leaks...(These are all trucks that don't see an easy life either.)

gagliano7

If they don't leak leave them.

DietCoke

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run it