I recently bought a 93 explorer (has 59K original miles). It had oil leak when I purchased, so they replaced the rear main seal. About a week later, I noticed transmission fluid everywhere. I took it back to the dealer and they said that they didn't install the torque converter properly. They fixed that and it stopped the trans. leak. A few weeks later, I crawled under the car and noticed that it was leaking oil again. There were two drops on the bell housing. The drops where right were the bell housing bolts are located. I took it back in and the mech. stated that he couldn't tell where it was coming from. It appears to be pretty slow leak, but I am wondering if I should press further. My feeling is that it is coming from the rear main seal (just guess). I was wondering if is tough to replace the rear main seal on a car that old and get it to work. Maybe a stupid question.

Thanks

 

Did the same shop repair both the oil and trans leaks? If so, take it back and get them to do it right. Don't let them BS you that they don't know where it's coming from.

 

Yes, the dealer did both repairs. My only concern is the number of times that they have tried to fix the leaks. I'm just tired of taking the vehicle back & forth and not getting the problem resolved. Bottom line... Is there any issue when you repair a rear main seal (assuming that this is what is causing the leak) on that old of a vehicle (i.e. are there any tolerance issues on a vehicle that old, or should it be a std. repair)?

Thanks for the response.