940 Rear Oil Seal Leak

I would think this to be about 4 hours labor @ around $60.00 plus
parts. My local mechanic I think wanted $250 - $280 to do this job. I
guess your labor rate will dictate this where you live.

Actually, my shadetree mechanic friend who did mine must not have
seated it well, because I still get about 1 drop every 10 seconds. I
have to make sure this is not my distributor leaking. If it is the rear
main seal, we're going to drop the tranny and put in a new seal. This
time I am going to assist.


Michael Pardee wrote:
> "Rob" wrote in message
>
> >I was just told that the rear oil seal on my 1994 940 Turbo ( 130,000
> >miles ) has a slight leak and that it is not serious but the seal will need
> >to be replaced at some point. They told me that replacing that part
> >requires dropping the transmission and will cost about $500.00US.
> >
> > Does all of that sound about right?
> > =--
> > Rob
>
> Part of it does. I can easily believe that the rear main seal is leaking and
> I'm sure replacing it requires dropping the tranny. $500 sure sounds like a
> lot for that and you can live with the leak forever - I've been living with
> a rear seal leak on our 765T for more than 10 years. It's a bit messy but
> otherwise no problem.
>
> You can try some seal conditioner - probably won't help, but it might. Cheap
> and easy to try.
>
> Mike
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Michael Pardee wrote:
> "Rob" wrote in message
>
>> I was just told that the rear oil seal on my 1994 940 Turbo ( 130,000
>> miles ) has a slight leak and that it is not serious but the seal will need
>> to be replaced at some point. They told me that replacing that part
>> requires dropping the transmission and will cost about $500.00US.
>>
>> Does all of that sound about right?
>> =--
>> Rob
>
> Part of it does. I can easily believe that the rear main seal is leaking and
> I'm sure replacing it requires dropping the tranny. $500 sure sounds like a
> lot for that and you can live with the leak forever - I've been living with
> a rear seal leak on our 765T for more than 10 years. It's a bit messy but
> otherwise no problem.

Thanks for the answer. I think I'll let it go and see what happens. $500
for dropping the transmission seems like almost a full day job. The seal
is probably on $25.

>
> You can try some seal conditioner - probably won't help, but it might. Cheap
> and easy to try.

I'm trying that now.

> Mike
>
>
--
Rob
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