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Old 03-17-2009 | 11:12 AM
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Found out my rear main seal is leaking. It dripped a few drops in the half hour the tires were be put on. How hard is it gonna be to replace it.
Old 03-17-2009 | 08:08 PM
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Don't panic about a couple drops of oil. Are you sure it's the rear seal? An oil leak above can look like a main seal. How much oil is on the car bottom? I wouldn't do anything unless you are using oil or it's making too much of a mess.
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The oil is spraying back the underside of the car from it dripping down at speed. Kind of giving it a undercoating over time. I will watch to see how much oil it uses. My dad drove the car up from NC for me and I don't think it was down a quart.
Old 03-17-2009 | 10:35 PM
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make sure its not the oil pan first. also, when i first got my car it was leaking. i was pissed because it had 33k miles and there was no way. so i look at the bolt on the oil pan, and the guy had it at like 100lbs without the little washer on there. so i went and bought a new bolt with a washer and no more leak. just a thought.




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