[TR] When to rebuild

[Randall]

---- Ed Oot <eoot at citlink.net> wrote: 
> Curious about the opinions of the list on this.  Question is in regard to
> TR3, but I suppose is applicable to any LBC.  When, if ever. Is a rear main
> oil leak significant enough to warrant a rebuild.  

My approach is to match the costs of dealing with the leak, against the cost of fixing it.  That includes not just the oil and the cleanup, but the hassle of adding more periodically and the embarrassment of a car that "Marks it's spot" like a poorly trained dog.

At some point, maybe the leak would bug me enough to tear the motor down, but it hasn't happened yet.  Most of my current oil spot seems to be under the road draft tube though, the original rear main seal seems to be holding better than the one my previous TR3A did.

- Randall