An expensive oil leak

[gadgets]

Have an oil leak at the moment, its the rear main seal. My Mechanic who gave me a look at the one he is fixing on a patrol at the moment says its gona be a $1000 job to fix!! He basically told me to keep an eye on the oil level and not worry about it for a while yet. Just wondering if anyone here has replaced a rear main seal yet? 2005 D22 3ltr zd30. Thanks.

 

[Dion]

That's mostly labour, you have to remove the torsion bars, drop the box, replace the seal, and reassemble.

The seal itself is cheap.

 

[Dave]

What Dion said, I think mine is weaping but until the clutch is rooted it can wait.

Dave.

 

[gadgets]

Thanks for the replys, I reckon I will wait as long as possible and whenever I do get it done I might upgrade the torsion bars too.

 

[nismo4x4]

im not a mechanic guru but would it be wise to add the thickest oil possible 15w40 (within warranty limits)?? so it would be harder to leak out??

 

[scottybobcat]

It might pay to put some oil gasket sealer in there aswell.