Rear main seal lesson

I always use a small amount of silicon on the seal halves. I use a cartridge gun with a small nozzle so that I can control the amount of silicon. I never use the small tubes of silicon because I find it difficult to control the amount of sil deposited.

I also leave out the side seals & just use silicon. These can get displaced during installation & be a future leak source. Never had a problem doing this.