Best Quality Rear Main Seal Vendor?

[binar01011]

Fellow Forum Members,
I own a 2001 Pathfinder with 148,000 miles on it. Around two years ago I took my Pathfinder to my local Nissan auto dealer and spent around $2300 on replacing the rear main seal. It's now two years later and the darn thing is leaking oil again. From this experience and various other experiences I have come to the conclusion genuine Nissan parts are garbage and that it's best to find alternative parts of superior quality with a longer warranty than the measly one year warranty Nissan offers on their parts..

Nevertheless, I plan to replace my rear main seal again for a second time and I would be very grateful if someone can answer my question. What is the best rear main seal made by a third party manufacturer that is superior in quality to a genuine Nissan rear main seal? I don't care how much it costs but for this second time I want to make sure the rear main seal I install to my 2001 Pathfinder is not going to prematurely fail like the first one did. Any opinion will be greatly appreciated.

[atraudes]

I've read a few threads here on the rear main seal and the experiences seem to be that it's not so much the quality of the seal that prevents leaks down the road, but rather the person installing it and their feel and finesse for the procedure. I'd bring it to a reputable local transmission/drivetrain shop and have them do it.

That said, I always recommend Fel-Pro/Federal Mogul when it comes to seals and gaskets, hands down.

Sorry you're having to do that again! It's crazy frustrating to have to spend that much money to swap out a $15 part.

[binar01011]

Thanks for the post. For anyone interested in this subject I found a good thread on this problem in the link below:

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