oldblue05
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Like the title states, I need too replace it. Can anyone walk me through this?
Are you sure it is the rear main seal?
These engines do not usually need a rear seal, it is usually the oil pan leaking.
Unfortunately, replacing either is a *****.
Once you get the trans and flywheel off, if the rear main is leaking it will be obvious.
Dropping the pan with the motor in the truck is no easy task. if you are just wanting to re-silicone it, then it won't be a huge as pulling it off completely. You should be able to do it with the engine in the truck. Drain the oil, pull all the bolts and free the pan from the block. BrakeKleen the mortal **** out of both sealing surfaces. Any oil there will prevent a good seal and it will just leak again. Put silicone on both the pan and the block. Give a few minutes to get a bit more tacky, but don't let it dry out. Then start bolting it back in place. Pay particular attention to the front and rear covers. The gaps there are typically larger than what you find between the pan and the block. If you skimp too much on the silicone there, you'll have a gap and it will still leak.
This job is much easier with the engine on a stand.Heath
Sounds so easy, Heath. You forgot to mention the contortion positions, hitting your head, cramps in you neck, working blind, crap fallling in your eyes. . .
Sounds so easy, Heath. You forgot to mention the contortion positions, hitting your head, cramps in you neck, working blind, crap fallling in your eyes. . .
sounds more realistic haha
Dropping the pan with the motor in the truck is no easy task.
Heath