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The engine or the drive-shaft (oh, that's a fun job!!!) should be out with an RMS replacement. Either way, the two have to be separated quite a bit to get the RMS in properly. The leak might also be at the back of the seal between the block and crank carriage- same symptoms. The engine definitely needs to be out for that.
My engine job is just getting finished up. Once you start looking at all the worn parts, it's amazing these engines still run like they do. My mechanic was going to do a seal and bearing refresh. We ended up rebuilding the turbo, replacing the valves, valve guides, PISTONS (#1 was warped!), rings, bearings, seals....
It was a choice between an engine refresh and dropping in a GM LS engine. I'm pretty sure the costs are now about the same!
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1989 951 Track car. Cayman GT4. Suncoast PCA Chief Tech Inspector.
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