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Old Jan 22, 2025 | 07:34 PM
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Default Rear main seal leak

To give backstory to this title, I've had my 2017 RC350 F-Sport since 2023, and now it has 70k miles. I caught this leak but noticed it at 67k miles, but I didn't have time to mess with it in October or December because I was in job retraining for my next job. When I bought the car, it had a powertrain warranty for 69k miles, but I could not find that paperwork anywhere since I had purchased the vehicle and moved to a different state. I want to ask in this thread if anyone with an Rc350 has had this problem. I didn't think I would run into a rear main seal leak with a Lexus.
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Old Jan 22, 2025 | 07:37 PM
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Are you sure the rear crank seal is leaking and not the timing cover?
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Old Jan 22, 2025 | 07:44 PM
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When I was getting an oil change at the time the mechanic showed me where the leak was coming from which was where the engine and transmission meet
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Old Jan 22, 2025 | 07:49 PM
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If confirmed then you'll either be pulling the engine or dump in some snake oil like AT-205.
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Old Jan 22, 2025 | 08:20 PM
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It's already confirmed. Yeah, the engine will sadly have to get pulled to fix it also; I found that out when I was getting an oil change at Firestone and looked up under the car with the mechanic. I've already tried pouring at-205 or something close to it when I bought some at O’reileys

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