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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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I noticed there was some grease on the inside of the rear seal after popping out the plastic retainer. Is there a problem installing it with the grease it came with? the notification sheet it came with did not mention having to do this. Anyone done this and had problems?

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Anybody? I searched but I couldn't find out about the new seal design. I wouldn't think GM would ship the seal out with some grease if it was supposed to be avoided.
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Mine went right in and it didn't come with any extra grease, only what was on it
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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The greese wont hurt a thing.

on the older small block rear main seals they recomended installing greese it the engine was going to sit for an extended period of time.
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Originally Posted by Z28/2002
Mine went right in and it didn't come with any extra grease, only what was on it
mine didnt come with extra, it just had some a little on the inner lip. i was confused because the manual states to install the seal dry but that was before the redesign.

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the grease is so the seal doesn't run dry on startup and burn the it
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