I think I have a rear main seal leak. I have had it for some time now. It is not large amounts of oil yet, but it is starting to stain up my driveway quite a bit.

Has anyone ever had their rear main seal repaired? If so, how much (more or less) can I expect to pay to get this repaired?

 

Well $40 if you can do the work yourself. Such as dropping the trans and what not. Or over $600 if you cant.

 

I plan to do it myself, I wouldn't wanna pay all the labor for it. Dropping the tranny and what not. Lookin in the Haynes, the work is not that much just for the seal, it is everything else.

 

I had it replaced with my clutch, so it technically came out to be free because we were there anyway. You looking at around 400+

 

i have a 99 maxima automatic,about 2 months ago i was driving on the highway and i got a service engine soon on the dash,so i started driving the car only locally just 40 miles per hour,after 2 weeks the light went off,i kept drivng the car only locally never above 50 miles per hour,yesterday i got an oil change and the guy told me the car has a "minor oil leak" on the receipt it says service comments rear main seal,i saw something on the web a bottle that says i can do it myself just pour the contents of this bottle and drive the car for 2 days,is this any good??

 

I too have an automatic, but personally I would just keep an eye on the oil level and if you're losing oil more rapidly than you'd like, fix the seal properly... I would never put anything in the crankcase besides oil.

I've had a minor rear main seal leak on my Maxima for 3 years now, in fact it's so minor that I don't even see a difference in oil level worth noting over the course of my oil change intervals.