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Have you checked your serial number in the new LN database?
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Clean with brake cleaner, the floor or your engine
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What exactly are you cleaning with brake cleaner, the floor or your engine?
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I'd contact who ever did the work, it should not be leaking at 11- months from the repair date...It concerns me that these repairs where done and car quickly sold.
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Mine is "wet".....and every time I do an oil change (about once a year) I just clean everything off with brake cleaner....takes 2-3 minutes.
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It's possible that you're nearing the interval (either time or distance) to replace the bearing anyway...
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I'd contact who ever did the work, it should not be leaking at 11- months from the repair date...It concerns me that these repairs where done and car quickly sold.
Replace i'd dig into it and figure out what's going
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If the list of work included "installed new RMS to update old leaky part," the car shouldn't be leaking; if it IS leaking from the RMS/IMS area and you just had the RMS replaced, I'd dig into it and figure out what's going on.
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So I went to have my Antifreeze flushed and fresh coolant put in and my mechanic told me that my RMS is a little wet. I just got the car less than a month, did my long test drive, had the car idle for a while and it was dry. I also have receipts that it was done in January 2017. Do I spend the money and do it again or just leave it alone. I would do it but if this a common issue I'd rather not blow money on it. Thanks in advance.
My mechanic buddies told me the general rule for addressing an oil leak is if the leak is bad enough oil is hitting the ground, spotting the driveway or the garage floor, or fouling stuff in the engine compartment or under the car. If oil is getting on any rubber or plastic or painted surfaces, on the wring harness, dripping on the exhaust, that's generally a sign it is time to address the leak.
I would just leave it. Mine is "wet".....and every time I do an oil change (about once a year) I just clean everything off with brake cleaner....takes 2-3 minutes.
You went for a coolant flush, and the mechanic tells you the RMS is "wet"? How does he know this? Did he drop the transmission to do the coolant flush? Inquiring minds...
For my car, I discovered it when I was doing the water pump, coolant replacement job. Pictures here:
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...-oil-leak.html
And you determined that the RMS was leaking how? In case you don't know it (I think you do...) the IMSB is located just below the RMS, but without removing the transmission there's no way to determine where the oil is coming from...
Not to intensify your fears, but that could be a very expensive assumption to make. Even if the IMSB is leaking, it doesn't mean imminent failure but it certainly deserves to be looked into. Has the IMSB been replaced? If so when, and when did the leak start? It's possible that you're nearing the interval (either time or distance) to replace the bearing anyway...
Well, there is an oil leak... The question is "what's leaking"? To me, it's irresponsible for a mechanic not to mention the leak at all, but to say "the RMS is leaking" without any real knowledge that it is indeed the case, is a whole other level of irresponsibility at best and total BS at worst. In addition to the BS factor, if the "mechanic"mentioned the RMS without mentioning the IMSB, does that mean he doesn't even know it's there? Way too many questions! I'd be finding another mechanic ASAP
I do not believe the IMSB has ever been replaced. Considering I have a 99 with 48K miles on it now, I'm not concerned. The leak has been there since I bought the car with 31K miles. I continue to do oil analysis and trend the camshaft deviation numbers.
That's a funky bunch of information.
If the car still has the original (sh***y) RMS part, it's just gonna leak.
What exactly was done in 2017? If the list of work included "installed new RMS to update old leaky part," the car shouldn't be leaking; if it IS leaking from the RMS/IMS area and you just had the RMS replaced, I'd dig into it and figure out what's going on. If the RMS has never been replaced, I'd put some cardboard under the car and let it drip until it's time for a new clutch.
Sorry for not getting right back to you. I have a receipt for a new clutch, new rms, new ims with a serial number on on the door jamb and all was done in January 2017 at 69k. I bought the car with almost 84k. I had the flush done just to do it and my mechanic saw that it was wet underneath. So he said the seal is leaking. Now ur telling me that it could very well be my ims? Or??? Like I said if I don't have to spend the cash id rather use the money elsewhere. ...
A new RMS and IMS that were installed less than a year ago, even though they've accumulated what seems like a lot of mileage in 10-ish months, shouldn't be leaking.
Are you geographically near the place where the work was done? I'd be interested to hear what the shop that did the work thinks about the leak.
"RMS is a little wet" is pretty subjective. If "a little wet" means that one or two oil drops are tracking down from the RMS, that's kinda different from the engine and transmission being coated with road funk due to omnipresent leaking oil...any photo?
I'm in the camp of letting a sleeping dog lie...in other words, more cash/time/problems digging in there because it is "wet". Clean it up and monitor. If it's not spewing oil on the garage floor or leaving oil spots wherever you park, or consuming a quart of oil every 500 miles, better to monitor your oil level and just watch it. Also, ripping into transmission removal and possibly a motor drop, there is a whole lot of other things you will have to consider doing. Best to sit back. Tell me what 18 year old car doesn't have a few "wet" spots now and again. Kinda like old age, things leak a little bit from time to time.
I'd contact who ever did the work, it should not be leaking at 11- months from the repair date...It concerns me that these repairs where done and car quickly sold.
It's a 2001. My invoice states that an LNE IMS pro kit, Sach Boge clutch kit and RMS done on 1/11/2017 at 68505. I bought the car November 7th with just under 84k. I did contact the shop that did the work and mentioned of the wet area and asked about work performed. Unfortunately no warranty on work. He does remember the car and the fact he has done other work in the past, brakes and such. Even sold the previous owner a set of rims for it. (not the ones that came with my car). So I am going to get under the car next week and maybe take a few pics and actually dry the area and see where it goes from there. I'm no mechanic but I guess monitoring it would be best at this point.
"I did contact the shop that did the work and mentioned of the wet area and asked about work performed. Unfortunately no warranty on work."
Hmmm...That's a bummer. Did he mention why there's "no warrantee" or has it just expired already (i.e. 60 days, 90 days etc?). It's all water under the bridge at this point, but it should be of note to anyone looking to have engine work done. I hope it all turns out well for you.
I know he works on many Porsche and BMW's. We texted a bit because I was looking to buy a set of Champion rims from him. He had texted me a bunch of pictures of his cars also. I have the name of his shop but not sure posting it would be right. I'm a bit bummed out about this but I'm going to look underneath the car in more detail after the weekend
Have you checked your serial number in the new LN database? If it�s in there, it�ll at least mean that the IMSB retrofit was registered and the part will be warranted...
