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There is no way that a front crankshaft seal on a 9000 should run $1000; access is through the removable plastic fender liner, slacken the serpentine belt, remove the harmonic balancer pulley and you are staring at the oil pump O-ring - front seal is behind the oil pump (and the leak may actually be the O-ring).
Unless the engine is squirting out oil, you may benefit from changing to "high mileage car" oil that contains seal conditioners, i.e. Valvoline MaxLife or similar. I use this oil in my Audi and it dropped leakage from 1 quart/500 miles to 1 quart/1000 miles or so - tolerable, if not nearly as good as my SAAB.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Is my 9000 Aero worth saving? (long), Steve C., Thu, 3 Feb 2011 18:28:20
- Since you DIY, fix that Aero!, Noel, Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:19:13
- Re: Is my 9000 Aero worth saving? (long), Bill Homer , Fri, 4 Feb 2011 12:34:27 <-- Viewing This Message
- Do you DIY?, Erik919kt, Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:48:48
- Re: Is my 9000 Aero worth saving? (long), TML , Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:16:59
- Vast puddles of fluids??, marvinstockman, Fri, 4 Feb 2011 06:25:33
- Re: Is my 9000 Aero worth saving? (long), yaofeng, Fri, 4 Feb 2011 05:19:35
- Re: Typical sales pitch by "quick fix" garages..., Street, Fri, 4 Feb 2011 01:08:13
- Yes, but by whom?, tz, Thu, 3 Feb 2011 22:37:29
- For some not for others........., davidk, Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:22:50
- Re: Is my 9000 Aero worth saving? (long), 92saaber, Thu, 3 Feb 2011 19:36:47
- Re: Is my 9000 Aero worth saving? (long), Stephenie, Thu, 3 Feb 2011 19:23:08
- Re: Is my 9000 Aero worth saving? (long), derf, Thu, 3 Feb 2011 18:57:06
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