MDX Rear Main Seal
I've got a 2001 MDX with about 81,500. The vehicle has never given me any trouble since new. I change the oil every 3K with Mobil 1 synthetic 5W-30 blah blah blah. Well at somepoint between the last oil change and this one, it has developed an oil leak--and it looks bad to me. the bottom of the oil pan is wet as is part of the transmission case. I removed the little cover plate so I could see the flywheel (or at lest part of it) and it appears that the oil (and it is oil, not tranny fluid) is coming from behind the flywheel. Acura wants about 900.00 to fix it. The parts are 50.00 for the seal, axle seals, and crankcase gasket. I've got ALOT of experience with other cars but not hondas/acuras. I've not had any luck downloading service manuals or diagrams to help me with this. Anyone have any diagrams, torque specs, advice (other than shelling out the 900.00) on fixing this thing. Am I missing something?