TheWoganSleeve

Hi all im trying to remove the rear oil seal without damaging it. any tips>? it may have been glued in? what tool do you guys use. shoudl i use heat on teh surrounding area

FixableUnknown

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I wouldn't reuse an oil seal. They are cheap compared to pulling the engine again for an oil leak.

WaachBack

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Just pull it out and put in a new one.

apexFD

Unfortunately, this is one of those items that is not worth reusing. Just bite the bullet and purchase a new unit. As the above posters mentioned, you do not want to have an oil leak because of a failing oil seal...


=Benjamin

Sgtblue

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What the others said. I'd think they'd be really hard to remove with damage anyway.

I use the old seal to install the new one. Oil the walls up on new, put the old one on top and and tap it in...evenly.

93_jdm_fd

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It's fairly easy to remove and install but while your in there you might as well change the rear stationary gear o-ring to!!! I thought i had a rear main leak. Installed a new one and the oil leak came back. I checked out the technical service bulletins from Mazda and found one for this o-ring leaking, leaking behind the rear main seal and out on the sub frame.

You can remove the 6 or 8 bolts that hold the rear main housing in place and replace the seal and o-ring at the same time. The o-ring was about $4. It's been a year and not one oil leak!!!