420A Rear main seal

[Inkdlyfe]

This should be a quick a easy forum I got everything taken apart and main seal out which was leaking oil bad just a fyi but I got everything taken apart now putting the rear main seal back in, I read it should be just above the surface and then I rear it should be just below the surface? Meaning the seal. I last time installing it pushed it all the way in. What is the proper installment of the rear main ?

 

[ThunderChild]

Holy grammar and sentence structure Batman! Seriously, I could barely comprehend that sente-graph...

Just below the block edge, I believe it's beveled slightly so you don't want it popping out. Certainly don't want to bottom it out.

 

[Inkdlyfe]

Alright so below the surface ,
So I put engine lube on the inside and then a thin layer on the out side ?

 

[Inkdlyfe]

Thin layer of rvt***

 

[dustyboner]

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[Inkdlyfe]

So does autozone rent that tool? So no rvt or lube at all on it ? I watched so many videos on it and they all said to lube the inside and rvt outside.

 

[dustyboner]

http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/where-am-i-leaking.213769/#post-50407153

 

[Inkdlyfe]

Ok so after reading that at the start it said not to lube it ? But then the last guy said to lube it cuz the spring may come out?

 

[silvreclips]

Put the seal in dry. I have never had any issues doing it that way.

 

[Inkdlyfe]

Ok thank u,

 

[BLACK'98DSM]

Put the seal in dry. I have never had any issues doing it that way.

So you didn't use rtv on the outer edge, and you also didn't use lube on the inner ring?

 

[silvreclips]

So you didn't use rtv on the outer edge, and you also didn't use lube on the inner ring?

The manual says to install the seal dry. I have always followed this and never had any issues