ok folks, here's the problem.
I just bought a '93 240 wagon. Most of it's in excellent condition.
When I bought it, it hadn't marked its territory, So I assumed everything was fine. As I've been driving it, a small leak (fist sized, maybe, every 24 hours)seems to have appeared around the back of the oil pan.

I know (because I've already had an estimate on a different 240) my usual shop would ask $600 for a rear main seal. Since I just bought it, I'm not keen to spend much more money.

Should I...
1) just bite the bullet and get the usual shop to do it?
2) Get a synthetic oil change, clean the flametrap and hope that does it?
3) Price out other shops in the atlanta area?
4) Oil change, flame trap, and add stop leak to the oil
5) nothin! s'fine, it's a 240!

I'd really like to keep this one in really good shape, so I'd rather not do aything that would kill the car.
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87 240DL SW - a car is durable, but a volvo is eternal.