91 200 trans seal

[Bernie Benz]

The only good seal is a non leaking seal, new or old is irrelevant,  
as is seal cost. The only relevant consideration is the R &R vs snake  
oil treatment cost. A no brainier, IMO.

Bernie


On Mar 3, 2008, at 5:24 PM, CLAG500 at aol.com wrote:

>
> Oh for Pete's sakes. Those seals are only like 4 bucks each and not  
> that big
> of a deal to change. I changed both of mine. (Fat Wallet!) ;)
>
> BTW a discarded throw-out bearing guide sleeve makes a fantastic  
> seal puller
> for these. Just put one corner inside the lip of the seal and the  
> other 2
> corners on on the outside of the trans. Use a pipe or whatever  
> inside the guide
> sleeve for leverage.
>
> Chad
>
> In a message dated 3/3/2008 9:21:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> 200q20v-request at audifans.com writes:
>
> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 17:55:17 -0500
> From: "John Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net>
> Subject: RE: 91 200 trans seal
> To: "Bernie Benz" <b.benz at charter.net>, "Nathan Winters"
> <natewin at yahoo.com>
> Cc: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Message-ID: <MGECKGPBDHJCMODCNBCMGEIFCAAA.jlagnese at massed.net>
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>
> I did try one transmission stop leak, no luck yet, but its only  
> been about
> 500 miles.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Bernie Benz
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 1:56 PM
> To: Nathan Winters
> Cc: 200q20V mailing list
> Subject: Re: 91 200 trans seal
>
>
> Any brand of engine oil stop leak will do, CD-2, Eagle, Turkey, etc.
> Buy 2 cans, one in the engine, ? in the tranny, ? in the rear diff.
> Gunk and hose down the engine bay and full underside such that you
> can monitor leak status. I have never had to replace a rotary shaft
> seal in any car, some over 300K.
>
> Bernie
>
>
>
>
>
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