ok so im leaking oil about half a quart a day and i thought it was the oil pan gasket and it isnt i took it to a shop to figure it out and it is the rear main seal which i hear is very expensive and hard my question is...is this true? and what is the rear main seal for?

 

i dont think it that much for the rear main seal....i think under 100
and you can ether take the engine out or can just drop the tranny

"A rear main bearing seal, or rear seal as it is commonly referred to, is a big, round rubber seal between the engine and transmission. Click Here for Picture. The crankshaft (the internal engine part that the pistons are connected to) sticks out of the rear of the engine, and the flywheel and transmission bolt to this crankshaft. In layman terms, the crankshaft is what powers and turns the transmission. The engine oil obviously is inside the engine and is lubricating the crankshaft, pistons and other internal parts of the engine. The rear seal fits snuggly around the rear of the crankshaft and keeps the engine oil from escaping. When this rear seal leaks either the engine or the transmission has to be removed to gain access. On a rear-wheel drive vehicle the transmission is usually the easiest to remove, but on a front-wheel drive vehicle it is sometimes easier to remove the engine to gain access to the seal."

hope this helps!!!
It's not hard to replace at all....i have done it myself !!

 

i have searched autozone...

found the rear main seal

 

wow that was verry informational thank you i appreciate it a lot....my car is a 97 eclipse rs obviously front wheel drive at first i took it to a dealership b/c my usual mechanic said he couldnt do it...the dodge dealership said around 950 plus tax and i found a tranny specialist who said he'd do it for 500 however i do not know that much about engines other than the basic stuff (oil change,exhaust,tune up)and im afraid id mess sumthin up never the less i dont have the tools to do this operation...

 

well if u have the tranny specialist do it...make sure he is does the engine rear main seal...not the tranny unless the tranny main seal is leakin!!!!

 

yea i made sure....he said he would drop the tranny which would be the easiest way to fix the problem but its still expensive

 

Replacing the rear main seal is an expensive job b/c there is so much labor involved.

 

Crap i would do it for $200...

 

Well **** I would too lol.

 

LMMFAO!!!

all the people on the fourm should just get together to open a shop!!