1998 Honda Civic Rear main seal

1998 HONDA CIVIC
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1998 Honda Civic 4 cyl Automatic 134000 miles

hello, My auto tech teacher at school looked over my car on the rack and noitced i have a rear main seal leak and he said the axle boot is torn open with no grease in it. Can i wait for both of these. The main seal has a small leak, few drips every night. Also when i get the rear main seal done eventually is there anything i can do to make it last longer? Ty
Oct 15, 2010 at 12:39 PM
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You can prolong it but on the rear seal you need to identify what caused it to leak
Oct 15, 2010 at 12:54 PM
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Im guessing of the car. Its 13 years old with 134k miles. What else could make it leak?
Oct 15, 2010 at 2:03 PM
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Could be the main bearings or the crankshaft, hard to say till you break it open
Oct 15, 2010 at 2:31 PM
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It cant be the engine was rebuilt it has new bearing and whatever else is in the engine. My auto tech teacher looks at it good on a rack.
Oct 15, 2010 at 10:19 PM
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He's an automotive teacher he should be able to know what's going on.
Oct 16, 2010 at 2:31 PM
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