Who lives with drip between engine and Bellhousing

[78F350]

This car http://986forum.com/forums/boxsters-sale-wanted/57612-1999-boxster-128k-hardtop-lots-parts-atlanta-2.html had a slow leak when I got it.

It was not a significant concern for driving it, but clearly something was not right and it slowly got worse over time. After about 6 months of driving I took it to the shop. Turned out to be the seal for the IMS. The RMS and IMS bearing were fine.

[Gelbster]

"Turned out to be the seal for the IMS. The RMS and IMS bearing were fine."

Thanks for mentioning this because the conventional wisdom would have been to predict that the RMS was leaking. It is often mentioned as a 'while you are in there' PM item with clutch & IMSB.
You may have saved some people a lot of work because replacing the RMS is quite tedious !

[78F350]

Originally Posted by Gelbster

"Turned out to be the seal for the IMS. The RMS and IMS bearing were fine."

Thanks for mentioning this because the conventional wisdom would have been to predict that the RMS was leaking. It is often mentioned as a 'while you are in there' PM item with clutch & IMSB.
You may have saved some people a lot of work because replacing the RMS is quite tedious !

The funny thing is that before they pulled the transmission to get a look, we all thought it was the RMS. The shop had told me not to worry about replacing the dual row IMS bearing. I ended up having them install a LN dual row ceramic bearing, 'while they were in there'.