Re: Rear main seal wear

["content22207 <brobertson@xxxx>" <brobertson@xxxx>]

Volvo newsgroups complain about PRV oil seals. Surprised me because
mine is tight. Perhaps there's an oil puddle in my future...

Haven't researched PRV seals, but if they're like domestic, simply
driving in with a hammer could be problem. Is a special driving tool
that keeps from warping.

I avoid all stop leak type products. Will glue up good passages as
well as (better than?) whatever's leaking. Friend once pulled sausage
like log of congealed sealers from a water jacket.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Christian Williams <delorean@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi guys.
> 
> I've had my rear main seal replaced probably about 4 times since I've
> owned my car. Most recently has been a couple times within the last few
> months. I'm using a shop here in the Bay Area that I don't necessarily
> trust 100%.
> 
> I had the clutch done there and they replaced the rear main seal. A week
> or so after I got it back, it was leaking. They re-did all the work for
> free and replaced the seal again. They noticed some marks on the
seal and
> somehow "determined" that my crankshaft is warped and is turning in a
> slightly oblong pattern.
> 
> I suppose they could be right, and I'll just have to live with an oil
> puddle in the garage, but I'm hoping that they're wrong. Has anyone had
> any experience with rear main leaks that don't seem to go away? Any
> solutions? Do you recommend any oil additives to try to plug the
leak? Do
> you recommend that I stay far, far away from leak sealer additives?
> 
> Are there any tricks to installing the seal that this shop may not know
> about?
> 
> -Christian