front main seal

is there a trick to getting that front main oil seal to stay sealed? i have pulled the pan twice after lifting the engine, put a new gasket and sealer, and within a few minutes its leaking again. im about to spend the 500 bucks getting it done profressionally, but before i did that i wanted to know if i was missing something?

When I did mine I used some RTV gasket maker around the pan and timing chain cover. I then let it sit for 24 hours. Then filled with oil and no leaks but depending on how hard your timing chain cover and oil pan were to get off you might have bent something. I would try to locate the spot its leaking from and see if you can spot any damage. Good Luck.

John

did you hit it with a sledgehammer? always seems to work for me..

sledge lol, thats how that car likes to get fixed. had to cut a hole in the hood so the engine would fit lol

did you hit it with a sledgehammer? always seems to work for me..
one of these days im going to hit you with a sledgehammer.... :chair:

someone needs to.. especially considering what happened to me in the last 5 hours... never seen any of that coming..