rear main seal

[tightcamry129]

hey guys, how necessary is it to replace the rear main seal? I believe it's the seal near the flywheel for the manual trannys. The reason i ask is, this guy is replacing the clutch for me and he asked me if i wanted to replace the rear main seal. I never asked if it was necessary but i didn't think negatively of it. Well my car has about 125,000 miles on it. it's a 2000 5sfe camry. Should i pay extra to get it changed?

[azz419]

definately get it changed, will save you a big headache if it DOES start leaking later and you have to go pulling the engine or tranny out again. BTW the autos have a rear main seal too

[tightcamry129]

Originally Posted by azz419

definately get it changed, will save you a big headache if it DOES start leaking later and you have to go pulling the engine or tranny out again. BTW the autos have a rear main seal too

damn, THanks a bunch!

[fredk]

i would too

[Toysrme]

Depends how bad the leak is.

If it's weaping, it's simply a little bit of oil drizzling directly on the exhaust, and dirtying up the bottom of the entire engine.
If it's LEAKING... hahahahaha...(dry humor) Get it fixed. Good luck with that! =)

[skewe]

yeah. if it leaks, u are looking at 200-300 to get it fixed.

how much is it (additional) to fix it now?

[tightcamry129]

oh, i only have to pay for the part since he's going to throw that on there with the rest of the clutch part so i have to pay up $38 to 50 dollars...

[skewe]

i think u just get it changed

[ss4camry]

Yeah get it changed i need to get mine replaced but the mechanics around here charge an arm and a leg

[Luckynumber5]

heh, its not cheap to pull a tranny...