[AT] OT - oil stop leak

[Phil Auten]

Mike, Unfortunately, the rear main seal will have to be replaced. I have 
no faith in the stop leak products at all. There is one possible way to 
do it and that is to drop the pan and remove the rear main cap. IF and 
only IF the rear main seal is two piece, you may be able to slide the 
upper half out and slide the new half back in and then install the new 
lower half into the main cap and reattach, tourquing to spec. This is 
all dependent on the seal being two piece and the pan can be removed 
with the engine still in the car. I know very little about Toyotas and 
only a little about the FWD models. Good luck!

Phil in TX


On 2/14/2019 10:46 PM, Mike M wrote:
> Hi, all, my wife has a 2010 Camry with 165,000 miles, it runs and 
> drives like new. I noticed some oil puddles on the garage floor and 
> when i crawled under it, it looked like it was coming from the 
> transmission. Took it to the shop and they diagnosed as a leaking rear 
> engine seal. Cost to fix it, $1600, they need to drop the engine and 
> transmission. $140 is parts and the rest is labor. I'm not a big fan 
> of stop leak products, but in this case, she can park on a piece of 
> OSB to soak up the oil and Ill just have to check it more often. Has 
> any one here have any experience with the stop leak products on the 
> market? I really don't have much to lose.
>
> Thanks, Mike M
>
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