well just recentrly my car started to drop oil and well is just gotten worst, it is coming from the rear main seal (checked seval times) and i was just wondering if any of you has ever found a way to fix this without taking off the engine or transmition?

 

I've replaced a rear main seal while the engine is in. And lucky for you, your engine has a 2-piece seal.
You need to drop the oil pan, and then remove the rear main crankshaft cap. It would also help to loosen (not remove) the other main caps as well to relieve the bearing load on the crank. Leave the rod caps alone.
Removing the rear main cap also takes the seal with it, so you only need to fight with the upper seal. I've been lucky enough to be able to push the old seal out while installing the new one. Oil up the channel and lip of the new seal (look at the taper of the old seal where it meets the crank to be sure you're putting it in the right direction). You can use a small screwdriver to break the old seal free and push it up and around as much as possible. Then start to wind the new seal around in place while pushing out the old one. If the seals don't want to move easily, turning the crank over by hand in the same direction can help. You'll have to remove the spark plugs to be able to turn it by hand though. Install the new seal on rear main cap, oil the lip, and bolt it back up. Then re-torque all the mains back to spec.

 

souonds good thx, i see i have a couple of hours ahead of me but thx

 

wow sounds like a pain in the ***

 

Yeah it's a pain, but if the leak is bad enough, there isn't an easier alternative.
And 1979RS, I would first try to replace the upper seal before loosening the other main bearing caps. Loosening them would help by dropping the crank a fraction and gaining you more clearance, but you might not need to go that far.

 

yeah i was actually a bit uncertain about that thx, i'm planning on doing that tomorrow so... lets c how it goes.