1987 Mercedes 420 SEL Rear Main Seal repair?

Question

Our family has an '87 Merc-Benz 420 SEL with 70,000 miles and notice minute amounts of fluid leaking from what appears to be the rear main seal (e.g. teaspoon in 6 months).

How much time is for labor and what would be an estimate cost for parts.

Answer 1

Ouch.

Trust me, two teaspoons of oil per YEAR is no big deal. Just drive it and if it gets worse take out a second mortgage on your home and get it fixed.

Answer 2

you have to pull the engine or the transmission to replace it ands its lot easier to pull the transmission,labor and parts on doing this usually runs around 4-500 bucks depending on who does it, i have seen it go as high as 700 from some shops,it takes a while to do this and do it right,good luck.