Replace rear main seal on '98 Imprezza 2.2

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

How hard is this?

 

[StephenH]

How hard is this?

Auto or manual?
pulling the transmission is the hardest part

 

[johninky]

How hard is this?

Pack the backside with grease to help prevent that spring from popping
out during installation and use only a OEM seal. I know folks that
have used aftermarket seals that have popped out after a few miles
because the seal OD wasn't right.

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Auto or manual?
pulling the transmission is the hardest part

That seems to be the case most of the time!

I don't have the car yet. There is a 19 YO *girl* that has joined the
Marines! (I told her she has more balls than I do!!!) and I got to
thinhking the other day an Imprezza Wagon would be the perfect car for my
job. Nuts! I should have asked her before she left.

Low and behold, she was around Saturday. She said she offered the car to
someone else, but that the rear seal was really leaking bad. Hopefully the
other person will pass on it, because she only wants $500 for it.

 

[1 Lucky Texan]

That seems to be the case most of the time!

I don't have the car yet. There is a 19 YO *girl* that has joined the
Marines! (I told her she has more balls than I do!!!) and I got to
thinhking the other day an Imprezza Wagon would be the perfect car for my
job. Nuts! I should have asked her before she left.

Low and behold, she was around Saturday. She said she offered the car to
someone else, but that the rear seal was really leaking bad. Hopefully the
other person will pass on it, because she only wants $500 for it.

Sneak over there and throw some xtra fluids under it. Maybe you can
scare off the other buyer!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Sneak over there and throw some xtra fluids under it. Maybe you can scare
off the other buyer!

Mix up a little oil and water and throw it under the oil pan?