Re: Leaking rear main seal

["Ian J Haseltine" <jim_haseltine@email.msn.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Hurst Quebbeman <dougq@iglou.com>

>Opinions? Normally, the car will idle down badly if you pull the oil
dipstick,
>and will die if you remove the oil filler cap. What differences in that
>scenario will I experience if I try that test again when the squeal returns
>(as I assume it will)?

The squeal will stop - well, it does on my Urq.
Maybe I'm off line here but I reckon that it squeals because its sucking air
past the rear seal through a really narrow gap and the squeal stops when you
pull the dipstick because theres then a really big hole for the air to get
through.

Jim Haseltine