remove belts,remove crank pulley,remove seal.you need to check front cover they are bad about timing chain rubing holes through it.
Very carefully
how do i replace a front crankshaft seal on a 99 mitsubishi mirage
Remove the serpentine belt. Remove the harmonic balancer. Pry it off the crankshaft. Install new seal, replace balancer and belt.
Cost me $185 at the dealership.
You probably need to replace the crankshaft seal
No you can not. It is a solid round seal that slides over the back of the crankshaft where the fly-wheel bolts up to the crankshaft.
Should pull the drive pulley and then you can pop off the old seal with a screw drive and press in the new seal.
To replace the front crankshaft seal on a 1999 Mercury Cougar V6, first disconnect the battery and remove the necessary components, such as the serpentine belt, crankshaft pulley, and timing cover. Once you have access to the crankshaft, carefully pry out the old seal using a seal puller or screwdriver. Clean the sealing surface, lubricate the new seal with oil, and gently tap it into place. Finally, reassemble the components in reverse order, ensuring everything is properly torqued.
First you will need to remove the Harmonic Balancer pulley from the engine. This may prove to be difficult being the bolt that holds the pulley on is tightened to 220ft lbs. once the bolt is removed the pulley should just slide off. behind the pulley is the front crankshaft seal, use a good seal remover tool to pry the old seal out. reinstall the new seal with a seal installation tool. make sure the crank pulley is tightened back to 220ft lbs.
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You need to remove the belt pulley, then timing belt, its pulley sitting on the crankshaft. After that you will gain access to the seal. The seal has to carefully pried out. Make sure that you do not scratch the crankshaft surface as well as the seal seat in the engine body. Put a little bit of clean oil on the seal before installing it, it will make your life significantly easier. Make sure that you do not damage new seal when you are installing it.
You will have to replace the rear main seal. This will require that the transmission be removed.