You can just keep up with a leak, unless you're a clean driveway fanatic. Trust me on this one. Rear main seal can be done in situ. I believe it is: Drop the tranny, raise the engine a few inches or so, drop the upper oil pan, replace the lower rear seal, lower the crankshaft assembly a touch, replace the upper rear seal, put it back together. Not sure what you do w/ the timing chain when you shift the crank.

I haven't but others in the community probably have and could offer support. Rear seal is $10 at this site.

**************.com sells the ingredients & recipe combo. If you can follow a recipe to the letter, his engine repair (ignore the ones on SVO conversion) recipes seem good & complete.

Your mechanic is probably thinking:
Pull tranny & engine, remove tranny
put engine on stand, drop upper pan, do main seal, reassemble & reinstall.
'While you're in there' repairs might be rod/crank bearings, front main seal.

I'd value at about 60-75% KBB - repair cost ($1400 + 10*markup). Think 1200-1500, $2500 if you're in love and have to learn the hard way.

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