I had a problem where oil was leaking from my car. It was not from bolt in the oil pan but I had to replace my valve cover gasket and the O-ring. I had a mechanic do it for me yesterday for 70 dollars. With tax it came out to be around 81 bucks. that included parts and labor. So if you ever have to replace those, that is roughly how much it would cost. Hope this would help future members with the same problem.

 

i have to replace my rear main seal...and from what i hear thats an expensive part to repair...cuz of the labor...a friend of mine is charging me 400...i dont know if thats a good deal or not...

 

why are you replacing this? what signs are you see'ing that makes you replace this rear main seal?

 

Probably is. And that's a lot cheaper than having ti fail on you.

Ask me how I know.

 

Your rear main seal completely failed??
Ive never ever heard of that.
Did you lose all your oil and cook your motor?
Ive got a leak in mine but its only a few drops a day and Im living with it, maybe I should be careful.

 

Well the mechanic is a very good friend of mine and when i went in to get my rotors put on...i told him that i had an oil leak...he had it up on the lift and he turned on the car...and you can see literally a stream of oil coming from above the oil pan...he told me that it was the rear main seal from the differential...the guy said that he's seen that plenty of times in older model acuras...but i have bigger fish to fry seeing as how my car wont even start at this point due to the fact that my alternator is completely out. No one has ever heard about this bad rear main seal?

 

Mine started off that way as a few drops...you should check that out. dont sleep on it...cuz before my alternator went out...i was puttin oil in my car almost every 2 days...

 

my car still has trouble starting sometimes but if i give it a crank a few times, it'll start up. its been this way for about a year. I guess ill just wait until it actually doesn't start up at all lol

 

Ride it till the wheels fall off huh...if that aint a Texas mentality i dont know what is! LMAO! H-TOWN BABY!

 

Haha...good luck. Our '90 Accord has over 250k miles on it and that thing runs like new...minus the AC.

 

Just use the spray bottle to spray on your face and roll down the window. It don't get no cooler than that. Thats what I do but then again im ghetto.

 

i have the same problem IT SUCKS BALLS!

400 is a good price dealer was charging me 1,000 i said fuck that

i say go for it u won't regret it i wish my was 400

 

I have a small oil leak also - this might be the cause. Do you know where the oil was collecting on the underside? Also, could you see the leak yourself, or did the mechanic have to locate it? TIA.