Okay so I have a 1998 cx with a d16y7. There was a oil leak coming from either the oil pan or the rear main seal.
I just did the oil pan gasket, and I paid a shop 350 to do the rear main Seal. So I'm not sure what they did, they seem like a shop that does good work..
What kind of trips me out is that it tooks 2 weeks for a leak to appear again, would a improperly installed seal take 2 weeks to start leaking?
and I don't know what factors can cause rear main seal to leak again, except worn main bearings, but someone told me you would hear a noise if your main bearings are worn.??
do you think the shop installed it wrong? should I explain to them how people do it on H-T (flip the old rear main seal inside out and use it to gently tap it in the new one with a hammer?) or will i sound dumb? should I tell them to use rtv on the outside edges of the rear main seal? since the service manual doesn't tell you to, I'm just really scared/frustrated that the rear main seal is going to leak again after 2 weeks.
I'm going back to the shop tommorow. any help/suggestions feedback tips would be great
thanks for reading.
I just did the oil pan gasket, and I paid a shop 350 to do the rear main Seal. So I'm not sure what they did, they seem like a shop that does good work..
What kind of trips me out is that it tooks 2 weeks for a leak to appear again, would a improperly installed seal take 2 weeks to start leaking?
and I don't know what factors can cause rear main seal to leak again, except worn main bearings, but someone told me you would hear a noise if your main bearings are worn.??
do you think the shop installed it wrong? should I explain to them how people do it on H-T (flip the old rear main seal inside out and use it to gently tap it in the new one with a hammer?) or will i sound dumb? should I tell them to use rtv on the outside edges of the rear main seal? since the service manual doesn't tell you to, I'm just really scared/frustrated that the rear main seal is going to leak again after 2 weeks.
I'm going back to the shop tommorow. any help/suggestions feedback tips would be great
thanks for reading.