hey guys well my rear main seal just went out and i am leaking oil pretty heavily. as we all know you have to drop the transmission to replace it so is there anything else i should have the shop do while it is out? do i need a new clutch and flywheel? the clutch was replaced like 6000 miles ago. oh and is it necessary not to drive my car until i get enough money to pay for it? any help is appreciated thanks

 

well since the tranny will be off maybe have them look at the flywheel/see if it needs resurfacing. have them look at the throwout bearing as well as the pilot bearing. if u ever plan on modifying the motor for more power now would be a good time to upgrade the clutch, otherwise if it only has 6k miles on it, just leave it. thats all i can think of, maybe someone else can think of other things.

 

thats all i was going to say

 

okay i need some help again lol. i remembered today that i still have a warranty on my clutch and all that as well as labor for taking out and inspecting the transmission. it does not cover faulty seals but a friend told me a cause of my leaking main seal could be from a overtightened flywheel.. is this true and could someone help me prove to them that it should still be under warranty? thanks

 

i doubt overtightening the fly wheel would do that. anyway you may want to consider replacing the front seal on the tranny while your in there.

 

alright i will call my shop tomarow to see if they can take something off the labor costs because of the warranty

 

oaky so i just got my car back after paying hundereds of dollars to replace this stupid seal and now my car is leaking again! in the same spot and the end of the tranny where that little rectangular hole is underneath. i know the rear main seal was bad but is there anything else this could be? i will call the shop again tomarow but i need to know if it could be anything else, or just bad work....

 

it's oil right, not tranny fluid?

 

yeah oil