IMS/RMS Leak?

[manolo]

Not to spin you up, but I thought I'd share my experience on a similar issue. When I bought my car (Apr 2009) it had a very minor seepage from the bell housing. I always had to add some oil between changes (at least a liter), but it never left a puddle or drips in the garage. I had to do a clutch a few months ago so I decided to do the RMS and LE IMS bearing while I was in there. Turned out the RMS was pretty sound and virtually all of the oil was coming from the IMS bearing flange, not a good sign. I did the whole job myself and now, the oil level hasn't moved at all in over 2000 miles. I could feel play in the old bearing where the new one doesnt move at all. Not to preach doom and gloom, but I may have dodged a big bullet. I never had any metal particles in my oil and had even pulled the sump and didnt find much (some pieces of chain tensioner, which has all but stopped since the IMS bearing retro).