Oil Seepage - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

trimer · 11-13-2012, 05:44 AM

All

If you wanted to check the RMS for seepage, where would you look? Would you be under the car looking up? Looking down through the engine compartment? Looking at the engine from behind the seats?

Just curious.

san rensho · 11-13-2012, 06:09 AM

At the very bottom of the engine at the union of the engine and tranny. If its a stick, you will see the teeth of the flywheel through some slots in the case. thats where the union is.

Kenny Boxster · 11-13-2012, 06:09 AM

In between the transmission and engine block, where they meet up.

jcb986 · 11-13-2012, 10:02 AM

Oil leak at this point maybe more like the rear main seal. But if really want to check it you will need to pull the tranny first.:dance:

Eric G · 11-13-2012, 10:18 AM

jcb is correct as even if you could put a borescope into the bell housing, the flywheel and clutch block the direct view of both the IMS and RMS...and any oil you will see, you won't be able to differentiate which one its coming from.

Best of luck and if you do pull your tranny you might want to consider the following items to replace as this would be the only time (or easiest for access):

IMS, RMS, full clutch kit, dual mass flywheel, CV boots, coolant reservoir, AOS, water pump and thermostat; and check your coils, spark plug tubes and spark plugs.

I know it may seem a bit extreme, but if you are paying to have this taken off and checked, you will spend more in dollars down the road verses doing these now and having them off the "to do list".