front and rear main seals

[Tony Hoffman]

Danton,

The front involves removal of the timing belt, at which time I'd
recommend cam seals and water pump asong with a new TB and
idlers/tensioner if they are bad.

The rear main seal is quite a bit more complictaed. You have to remove
the transmission, or remove the engine. Honestly, needing both front
and rear, I'd probably pull the engine to do the work. The front of
the car needs to be remove anyhow for easy access to the timing
belt/front crank seal.

HTH,
Tony Hoffman

On Dec 2, 2007 5:29 PM, Danton J.A. Cardoso <djacardoso at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All!
> I have a '98 A4 Avant quattro with a 2.8 V6 30 valve, with almost 88k on the
> clock.  Front and rear main seals are leaking, what is involved in this, is
> it long and laborious?  Or, is it straight forward?
>
> --
> Danton J.A. Cardoso