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Re: rear main seal failure due to oil overfill?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 6/29/2004

Ron,

for the last 40 years i have heard people blaming an over fill of oil for causing seals to start leaking. This is just not true, now if you did a double fill of oil, and the crank case couldn't vent, maybe it would push a seal out. Just stop and think, ... Login to read more.