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Originally Posted by nissanh
Just continue to drive and see slow disappearance of the leak. There are some oil that leaked prior to the job.
Facts: Toyota OEM oil seals especially cam, crank and rear seals are truly lasts 250K miles or beyond.
My friends Tacoma 03 (160K miles) got the same engine and a shop told them the truck has a leak in the rear oil seal. They called me and I said it is impossible based on my experience with toyotas since 1990. They drove the truck to visit me from Louisiana to West TX and I got the valve cover gasket replaced (tiwh OEM) and yesterday they said no leaks after that.
I have 216K mile 97 4runner with factory rear seal; 00 LC with 237K miles with factory seals cam, crank and rear.
I once replaced the valve cover gaskets on my 4R with non-oem and that only lasted 6K miles.
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@nissahnh , thank you for your reply. I am really hoping your expertise speaks for itself and is not the rear main seal. I have put a lot into this rig since i bought it and i really want to enjoy it now for a while but I am not ready to spend that kind of money on the tranny.
Hopefully this will be the end of it.
One thing if i let it idle for 15-20 minutes should i See any leaks from the rear main seal or around it? or just would leak by driving it?
Thanks