josh greene

Well today looking over my engine and I noticed fresh OIL!!!! After wiping it away and searching I think its comming from the main seal i can see the track from behind the main pullys down to the oil pan and driping on the ground, very slowly I cant actually see it dripping, it dripa maybe a drop and hour or two.
My question is this how much of a job am i gonna be getting mysel into replacing it and what else should I check/replace while im doing it and have stuff apart???
Thanks Alot.

offthewagon

man.i just had this done on my reman. min 4 hours labour with a good mech, 6 if there not a rotary god, and who knows how long if you do it yourself. everythign infront of this needs to come off...all accesories, water pump, so on...nasty job.

WAYNE88N/A

Do a search for a thread started by Gnome- it's about 30 pages long, and pretty well explains the process to someone who didn't really know what he was doing when he started

josh greene

from looking at the haynes manual it doesnt look that hard to get to, iv takin most the stuff off befor the hard part looks like getting the bolt off to get to the seal, someone said its put on with 100+ lbs of torque.

VietFC

wow, i actually went through this last week. My car was just pouring out oil from that seal. I lost a quart every 10 miles. It was terrible. But I fixed it in about 2 hours. Just take off all the belts, the main pulley(being sure to keep the clutch depressed), work the old seal out and press the new one in... reinstall in reverse order. And yes... that main pulley bolt could be a real pain. I had to use the starter trick. And then when you reinstall that bolt, make sure the copper washer is ok and you add some loctite to the thread. Good luck.

josh greene

ok 1st question looking online for the seal it looks to be called the "crankshaft seal" the hayens manual calls it the "ecentric shaft", same thing? second question whats the purpose of depressing the clutch?
Thanks

VietFC

yes, at auto stores, i had to ask for the crankshaft seal, because the tards don't know what an eccentric shaft is. But there's 2 seals... a front and a back. They most likely don't have the rear one in stock, but you don't need that anyway. Make sure you get the front "crankshaft" seal. And for the purpose of depressing the clutch... you don't want to let your needle bearing slip out of place when you undo the main pulley bolt, else you will have a sad sad time. Then that 2 hour job will become a week long project of removing the front cover.... unless you have a lotta free time.

josh greene

ok thanks for all the info I ordered the seal today from a company that sells some parts pretty cheap, I used to work next door to them, There web site is www.eurowebparts.com. The seal was only like 6 bucs pluse like 5 bucs shipping. NAPA wanted 22 Bucs plus they had to order it from another whare house and I would have had to pay shipping on that... I should be able to do it on Monday and Ill post pics of the proccess.

VietFC

ah, u coulda got them from mazdatrix also... it's an OEM part and is only around 5 bux. then actual shipping. USPS priority is only 3.55

josh greene

yeah but i would have had to wait till late next week cause there in CA and im in FL 3-5 days usually.

VietFC

usps priority is 2-3 days shipping.

Parastie

You can buy a front seal at Auto zone (bought mine there) and the front seal is removable WITHOUT taking everything off. It comes off the front. You will have to have something wedged on and holding the clutch down. You can then remove the front bolt and remove pully assembly. You can use a screw driver to remove the front seal and then put a new one.

josh greene

now I noticed a STRONG SMELL OF GAS after filling the tank since I Bought it last week, Its Dripping from the top or middle down to the bottom and on the ground, Its all dry under the access panels under the back carpet. Im PIST!!!

Kingofl337

Shouldn't be hard to find a new tank. Alot of FC's around. N/A and T2 use the same tank.

josh greene

I found the leak, Its comming out of the fuel pump,the gasket is gone it was metal on metal

VietFC

eesh... that's not good. at least it's a cheap fix. ^_^

Parastie

RTV is the friend of all Rx7 owners.

Slacker7

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You can zip-tie the clutch to the floor