Re: New engine real main seal leaking done by engine shop

Posted by NC Wayne on June 18, 2007 at 20:23:28 from (166.82.164.156):

In Reply to: New engine real main seal leaking done by engine shop posted by wagsw900 on June 18, 2007 at 18:55:53:

Being a mechanic and having built engines for customers I can see both sides of the situation and I understand where your coming from as well as their position. Personally I test run every engine I build before it goes out the door simply to prevent problems like this. If they didn't have that capability, they had no way to know wether it leaked til it was on the machine and, unfortunately, it's biting you/theim in the tail. I've never had to pull one back out with any problems but if I built, and installed, an engine that had problems I'd pull it back out and repair my screwup and put it back at no charge over and above installing it the first time. As for an engine that was installed by a customer it would be on the customer to pull it and bring it back to me to repair my screwup. Being an independent there could be special circumstances where I'd do something different to keep a good customer happy but what I did and how much would depend on alot of different variables particular to that specific job. Many places that build engines don't actually have the capabilities to pull one, and that could be a factor in many cases. That said I think you'll find what your experiencing is the typical "warranty policy" for just about everybody, dealerships included, that do this type of work. In your case if they test ran it before it left their shop and it didn't leak that's all they can do. Unfortunately when an engine or whatever leaves the shop what happens then is out of everyones hands beyond knowing what should happen if the work was done properly. Now if the engine sat for awhile before you installed it then the seal may have had time to dry out or deform from the weight of the crank resting on it continously. In that case it very well may leak and like they said may also stop leaking after you run it and get it hot a few times so the seal swells and reseats itself. If this was the case and the engine sat before being reinstalled then be thankfull their willing to warranty their part of it because the fault wouldn't even be theirs. All in all something like this is always bad for all parties involved because nobody really wins and there usually winds up somebody going away unhappy. So, suck it up, pull the engine wether you really want to or not and let them fix their screwup. This time though make sure it's test run and the problem is solved before you put it back in. Good luck.

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