Rear Main Oil Leak

[IMLost]

302 that i just stroked

[Snakebit]

I had to replace the rear main in my 302. It had a 2 piece seal. You need to drop the pan, and remove the rear main cap. If its a later block with a 1 piece seal, You need to pull the trans, clutch, and flywheel to change the rear seal. Make sure you replace it with a FelPro Performance rear seal. The seal I replaced was the rubber one supplied with the gasket set, POS. The Felpro seal is dry as a bone. Not hard to do, just very time consuming.

[PoppyMod]

Originally Posted by IMLost

302 that i just stroked

How new is the engine? How bad is the drip.seepage?
Are you running any kind of PCV system? FYI, relieving any block pressure through a PCV system or better yet an evac system will greatly reduce any tendencies for seepage.
I had a similar issuie after taking great care in the setting the rear seal, and still had a small leak. However, after a few hundred miles and running a closed PCV system the leak went away.
It depends on how sever the leak.
Goos Luck!

[blykins]

It's hard to screw up a one piece seal install. I would check to see that it's not coming from another location first.