rear main seal "has left the building"

[VX crazy]

I remember one year following Tone back from Moab and my truck was covered in oil when he had a rear main seal leak, all the oil he had to add at every stop lol!

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

I thought mine had a rear main oil seal leaking only to find it was trannie fluid from a cracked washer on the trannie drain plug. When it dripped on the dirty garage floor it looked like motor oil...but upon climbing under her I could see a drip hanging from the trannie drain plug and spray all around rear of engine. One call to merlin fixed her up...no more leak.

[angeno]

Thanks guys for the always excellent advice. I'll see if we can work the problem a little more definitively. I'll post once I know what's what for sure.