Rear main?

[90sc35thann]

Originally Posted by 1qwik99

I am in the process of buying a 95'SC A.T, blue mist metallic, with 56K miles on it. The seller told me, and sent pictures indicating that there is possibly a rear main seal leak. The car has been sitting in a garage on a trickle charger and started once or twice a month for the past 8-10 years. The rest of the car looks extremely good for its age. My questions are:

1. How much should it cost to repair at a shop / dealership

2. Has anyone here used AT-205 stop leak as shown on Youtube? have they been successful? Amazon.com sells it and it got 56 ratings, most of them were 4-5 stars.

Thanks for your input. Rick.... a newbe to SC's.

most of the labor is to R&R the transmission. The seal itself is about $20. I would say you are looking at about $500 all in.

[mkbrower]

As far as stop leak, I have not tried that particular brand but I did have a bad experience with another brand. It clogged my oil pickup screen and caused damage to my engine. My wise BIL told me if something is designed to stop a small leak how could I not expect it to clog small oil Passages where you need oil. Made sense to me so now I stay away from any oil additives and especially any stop leaks

[1qwik99]

I just checked with my buddy at Ford Service at my dealership and he quoted the price at $971.00 to change out the seal. Just in case anyone was interested. That's in California.

[90sc35thann]

Originally Posted by 1qwik99

I just checked with my buddy at Ford Service at my dealership and he quoted the price at $971.00 to change out the seal. Just in case anyone was interested. That's in California.

That sounds right. if you went to a shop that didn't charge $80/hour flat rate then you could probably have a good transmission shop do it for about $500 + parts.