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Car Forum / Honda Cars / March 200696 Accord rear main seal leaking
96 Accord 4 cyl auto trans w/135k miles. Leaks 1 qt of 10w-30 out every 800-1000 miles. Verified leak by cleaning block,new oil change and using engine oil dye.All dry except for between engine and transmission-deduced to main seal.So any ideas on how long it will take the backyard mechanic and any tips while doing it. Anything else to replace while I'm in there? Thanks Greyhound Tampa, FL > 96 Accord 4 cyl auto trans w/135k miles. Leaks 1 qt of 10w-30 out every > 800-1000 miles. Verified leak by cleaning block,new oil change and using [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Greyhound > Tampa, FL what brand oil are you using? motorcraft made mine leak like a complete sob. it was /running/ out onto the exhaust and clouds of blue smoke would rise when stopped at traffic lights. castrol stopped it leaking almost completely - there's a /little/ seepage visible, but none on the garage floor. good enough to live with. >> 96 Accord 4 cyl auto trans w/135k miles. Leaks 1 qt of 10w-30 out >> every 800-1000 miles. Verified leak by cleaning block,new oil change [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > almost completely - there's a /little/ seepage visible, but none on the > garage floor. good enough to live with. New oil pan gasket fixed the leak in the same place on my '92 Accord. bob >>> 96 Accord 4 cyl auto trans w/135k miles. Leaks 1 qt of 10w-30 out every >>> 800-1000 miles. Verified leak by cleaning block,new oil change and using [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > New oil pan gasket fixed the leak in the same place on my '92 Accord. bob Did that last month.Seemed to help a little. Greyhound > "N.E.Ohio Bob" <rgstroud@neo.rr.com> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Did that last month.Seemed to help a little. > Greyhound Did you use any ultra gray sealant with the oil pan gasket? There are just a few areas that require sealant. There should be a small bit of sealant at each of the corners of the rear part of the gasket where it forms a semicircular bend at the rear of the gasket. There should be a thin spot of sealant on both the bottom and top of the gasket in these two areas. There should also be a thin spot of sealant at each of the areas where there's a seam, e.g., from the oil pump mounting to the block and from the rear main seal carrier mounting to the block. In these latter areas, sealant is just required on the block side not the oil pan side. You can refer to this diagram to get a better idea of what I'm talking about http://tinyurl.com/eom2a. Eric >> "N.E.Ohio Bob" <rgstroud@neo.rr.com> wrote in message >> > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Eric As per my service manual and since I had to do it twice I know its on correctly. Greyhound >> 96 Accord 4 cyl auto trans w/135k miles. Leaks 1 qt of 10w-30 out every >> 800-1000 miles. Verified leak by cleaning block,new oil change and using [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > completely - there's a /little/ seepage visible, but none on the garage > floor. good enough to live with. When I got it used w/103K miles on it I used Penzoil 10w-30 and just last week switched over to Castrol 10w-30 (400 mi since then). Guess I could monitor it for a few weeks with that in it. Greyhound >>>96 Accord 4 cyl auto trans w/135k miles. Leaks 1 qt of 10w-30 out every >>>800-1000 miles. Verified leak by cleaning block,new oil change and using [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > monitor it for a few weeks with that in it. > Greyhound that's what i'd do. if the seal's gone, it's gone and it's time to roll up your sleeves. but if the seal's simply shrunk because the oil doesn't have sufficient seal conditioner in it, it's fixable. Try the Castrol high milage oil. It's impressive. Extra seal conditioners, etc. Good luck. |
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