[AT] OT - oil stop leak

[Henry Miller]

A used car that age needs 1000 a year to stay on the road. Some years it will be near zero, and other years a few thousand, but you should budget 1000 and save up. There is no reason any car today can't make 300000 miles, unless the body rusts out first. Most people use the nickel and dime excuse to get a different car, which is nearly always more expensive than fixing the old. 

My advice, look at the body, if there isn't a lot of rust you are money ahead in the long run fixing it as needed. 

-- 
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Fri, Feb 15, 2019, at 4:53 PM, Mike M wrote:
> Thanks Phil,  Normally I'd agree with fixing it right, but I can't 
> convince myself that sinking $1600 into a $5000 car is worth it. I have 
> a feeling that this car is going to start nickle and diming me from here 
> on out. It's been a great car, the only thing I've had to do to is are 
> brakes and battery. Not bad for 165,000 mi.
> 
> Regards,
> Mike M
> 
> On 2/15/2019 5:38 PM, Phil Auten wrote:
> > 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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