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>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Zobkiw <triple@nando.net> writes:

Joe> Interesting. Southern States just had me too...I plan on writing
Joe> a letter to the BBB, Nissan Corporate, and them. I go in for a
Joe> "rear mail seal" that needs to be replaced. They rip out the

Hmm...I had something similar almost occur at Raleigh Toyota.

I brought my '89 Tercel in for an oil change.  Afterwards, they tell
me I need the "rear main engine seal" replaced *soon*, and it would
cost several hundred dollars.  For the next couple of weeks, my car
left oil stains (albeit small) on the driveway for the first time in
its life.  But that stopped eventually.  No, the car didn't leak out
all it's oil :-).  The level remained well within the normal range on
the dipstick.

I haven't been back to Raleigh Toyota since.  I called another
auto-service place that specializes in Toyotas, asking about this
specific problem and they said that Tercels tend to need this repair.
Has anyone else heard this???

It's been suggested to me by people I trust that I not worry about
replacing the seal (if it actually needs replacing) until I also need
major transmission work done to save on the labor.  In the mean time,
I should just keep an eye on the oil and transmission oil/fluid
levels, and replace as necessary.  That's what I'm doing.  They've
been fine.

[...]
Joe> the car for a day. Drive it to Boston, half way there it decides
Joe> it doesn't want to go into Drive when I ask it to. 

Yep, I also suddenly started having trouble moving the shifter into
Drive.  It went in OK, but felt sticky when I tried to move it.  In
fact, it looked like someone had spilled soda or something on the
shifter's mechanism.

It seems to be OK now though.

[...]

When I last had an oil change a couple of weeks ago, my car dripped a
little bit of oil again, but that stopped after a couple of days this
time.  For now, I'm chalking that up to sloppiness when draining the
old oil.
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