Re: who needs a friggin' Rear Main Seal anyway?

From: Mike D. (miggitymike@juno.com)
Date: Sun May 23 1999 - 21:32:46 EDT


hmmm... that's a thought.. I'll check that out, thanks!!

-mike d.

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On Sun, 23 May 1999 11:31:03 EDT JeffofSLU@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 5/22/99 8:43:12 PM Central Daylight Time,
>miggitymike@juno.com writes:
>
><< Bad news gang,
> I was curious as to why I went through 2 quarts of oil in 3000
>miles,
> then today when I got my oil changed, I asked the mechanic to check
>for
> an oil leak. He found one alright... right on the rear main seal....
> dammit... first hail, now seals.... sigh =(
> >>
>
>Mike,
> Make sure that it's really the rear main before you do
>anything about
>it. I thought mine was leaking too, but it turns out that the intake
>
>manifold gasket is the real culprit. Mine is leaking at the rear of
>the
>intake, and it's kind of hard to see. The giveaway was the oil around
>the
>distributor that I saw when I changed my cap and rotor. That and the
>
>hellatious pinging I get when I use the MP SBEC.
>
>Jeff
>

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