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Interesting, I have about 7500 on this oil change, used to do it
every 5000, but my wife drives 100% highway miles, so I went with
the Mobil 1 extended change version, which is good to 15,000. I
can't bring myself to go 15,000, but 10, 000 is a good compromise.
I'm going to go to 5w30 versus the 0w20 it calls for and add
ATP-AT205 sealer, it gets really good reviews on Amazon.<br>
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Mike M<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/15/2019 7:59 PM,
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;" dir="ltr">My Jetta diesel when it was
due for an oil change would start weeping oil from the valve
cover gasket. I would at least try an oil change. I believe you
will find it to be a concentric seal. It might well respond to
some of those sealer products. I don't think it would do any
harm.</p>
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<div id="style_15502712150000380721_BODY">Thanks Phil,
Normally I'd agree with fixing it right, but I can't <br>
convince myself that sinking $1600 into a $5000 car is
worth it. I have <br>
a feeling that this car is going to start nickle and
diming me from here <br>
on out. It's been a great car, the only thing I've had to
do to is are <br>
brakes and battery. Not bad for 165,000 mi.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Mike M<br>
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On 2/15/2019 5:38 PM, Phil Auten wrote:<br>
> Mike, Unfortunately, the rear main seal will have to
be replaced. I <br>
> have no faith in the stop leak products at all. There
is one possible <br>
> way to do it and that is to drop the pan and remove
the rear main cap. <br>
> IF and only IF the rear main seal is two piece, you
may be able to <br>
> slide the upper half out and slide the new half back
in and then <br>
> install the new lower half into the main cap and
reattach, tourquing <br>
> to spec. This is all dependent on the seal being two
piece and the pan <br>
> can be removed with the engine still in the car. I
know very little <br>
> about Toyotas and only a little about the FWD models.
Good luck!<br>
><br>
> Phil in TX<br>
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> On 2/14/2019 10:46 PM, Mike M wrote:<br>
>> Hi, all, my wife has a 2010 Camry with 165,000
miles, it runs and <br>
>> drives like new. I noticed some oil puddles on
the garage floor and <br>
>> when i crawled under it, it looked like it was
coming from the <br>
>> transmission. Took it to the shop and they
diagnosed as a leaking <br>
>> rear engine seal. Cost to fix it, $1600, they
need to drop the engine <br>
>> and transmission. $140 is parts and the rest is
labor. I'm not a big <br>
>> fan of stop leak products, but in this case, she
can park on a piece <br>
>> of OSB to soak up the oil and Ill just have to
check it more often. <br>
>> Has any one here have any experience with the
stop leak products on <br>
>> the market? I really don't have much to lose.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks, Mike M<br>
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