98 Jackaroo Diesel leaking rear main seal

Yep, a new rear main seal.

DOH! (I hear you say).

I'm not aware of anything, and trust me putting a thicker oil in won't help. The only thing that can slow it while you save the pennies from my experience would be to run the oil at about 3/4 full. Give's you a little less oil pressure, stops it squirting it out so bad. We've got a small Daihatsu in the family that has had a fairly sevre leaking main for about 2 years now and as long as we keep the oil down a tad it barley even leaks at all, if you fill her up it buckets out! I imagine it would also make the leak worse while the pressure is high...

Anyway, I hope someone else has got a solution, otherwise you might as well save up the extra and get a new clutch while it's all out...

Hi . 1 Just a little bit from personal experience it is quite likely the sump seal as it is only sealed with a silastic type compound .
2. If it is the seal only have it replaced with genuine seal which requires a special pusher tool to fit it . The experience I had was to have it replaced by a local normally very competent workshop using non genuine seals was done 3 times including sump off once while motor still in vehicle .(not recommended). Then had it done by Local G.M.H dealer , another $1800 later . so all up over 3 grand to stop an oil leak . That really hurts when you are an X diesil mechanic who neither has the health or equipment to handle the job today.
Cheers Bungarra .
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Twocan1,

That sounds like the rear main. I was fortunate, in a way, mine went when I wa on hols. The first indicator I got was a slipping clutch. When it was opened up it had contaminated the clutch plate, which needed changing anyway, and the flywheel. It ended up being a very big job and I was glad the mechanic I gave it to knew what he was doing.

That was in 96, I have since moved into the town where it went and that same mechanic sees my car every 5000kms. The $1800.00 quoted above seems about right. Suck it in and put your hand in your pocket. It's safer in the long run.

Duncs.