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2002 S6 Rear main seal leak

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Old 07-19-2015, 07:25 PM
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Default 2002 S6 Rear main seal leak

At 120K miles, it is finally time for me to address my transmission which is not giving me any problems aside from a small drip. Here is what I have been quoted:

PERFORM A DIFFERENTIAL AND TRANSFER CASE FLUID SERVICE 255.64
REMOVE AND REPLACE THE REAR MAIN SEAL 1,725.57

Sound reasonable?

Is there anything else that should be addressed during this service?
Old 07-21-2015, 08:45 AM
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My takeaway lesson from this forum and a few others is that my best bet is to service my current transmission and use it until it fails and then replace it with a six speed manual at that time.

Does that logic still apply at 120K miles or is the labor required to drop the tranny better spent reinstalling a new one?

My other question was about project to lump in this while the transmission is dropped. Am I looking at anything down the road where the repair technique is "1st drop the transmission."

TIA
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