quote Originally posted by phonedawgz: Actually when I look at the bore the seal goes into on the upper sides I do see rust.

That is because the seal sits back inside the lip. I have a picture at home that I took after I installed the seal.

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-Brian

My 87 GT Poly Suspension Upgrade (all pics) thread https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/094633.html

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So you're saying the rust shows the engine was delivered to them with a seal in it that they removed?

quote Originally posted by Xeps: i just talked to my dad, and he said they told him that there was a problem with the "Rear seal", which they said was due to the PO who rebuilt the engine,...

quote Originally posted by MulletproofMonk: It truely looks like they pulled the flywheel, thought "that seal should be replaced", pulled it out and forgot to reinstall one (maybe they went to lunch or it was the end of the day and they forgot).

The engine had never been ran. The shop charged for filling the crankcase with oil. Why would they have pulled the rear main seal of an engine that was just rebuilt and never run?

[This message has been edited by phonedawgz (edited 06-03-2010).]

I got an email today from fieroluv (Brian) and he confirmed that he installed a rear main seal. He said that he was afraid that it might leak because of the slight lip on the crank shaft. I guess the only answer then is that the shop removed the seal...

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-Brian

My 87 GT Poly Suspension Upgrade (all pics) thread https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/094633.html

Removing the roof panel
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/106413.html

I got mine back yesterday. They wanted more money. I took police with me. Drove off no charge.

quote Originally posted by MulletproofMonk: I got an email today from fieroluv (Brian) and he confirmed that he installed a rear main seal. He said that he was afraid that it might leak because of the slight lip on the crank shaft. I guess the only answer then is that the shop removed the seal...

Take this however you wish. Two people say two things that look like both can't be true. How do you know for sure which one is? Beats me. I'm not saying either is not telling the truth. I just am saying I don't think the evidence is there to say for sure that anyone is NOT telling the truth.

quote Originally posted by phonedawgz: So you're saying the rust shows the engine was delivered to them with a seal in it that they removed? The engine had never been ran. The shop charged for filling the crankcase with oil. Why would they have pulled the rear main seal of an engine that was just rebuilt and never run?

yes this is the real question why would the shop pull the seal if they knew the engine was just rebuilt and never ran Or if the seal was missing how they missed. From the lack of rust inside the lip i will have to side with monk and say the shop for some unknown reason removed it got distracted and forgot to replace it.

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