If oil is coming out fast enough to get on the exhaust it sounds like you
have a problem. Gravity usually causes oil to drop down and wind would
cause it to go to the rear. Unless you have a special exhaust system that
runs under the engine I would recommend that you let the shop fix the leak
from the rear main seal.
Stan
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At 07:16 PM 6/28/03 -0400, Jessica wrote:
>I found a local shop ~ 3 miles from my house. These guys own and work on
>Roadsters. One of the mechanics told me about a device that he uses to pull
>the upper rope seal from the rear main seal without removing the engine. I
>had heard about this before but never saw one. It is explained as being like
>Chinese handcuffs.
>
>I just wanted to see if anyone ever attempted to replace their rear main seal
>w/o removing the engine. Mine is leaking but not too badly, yet. What
drives
>me nuts is that the oil gets onto the header/exhaust pipe and
smolders...burns
>my eyes......
>
>Any advice is appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ivin
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