Thread: Rear main seal
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Old 12-08-2011, 05:17 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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What exactly are the symptoms? It's easy to mistake a valve cover leak or an oil filter housing to block leak for a rear main leak on these engines.
If it is a rear main seal leak, you might be further ahead to consider it an added exotic feature--the continuous oil change option.
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