front crank seal leaking.. argh....

[Pat Dooley]

I don't see how replacing the seal would make it leak unless you really f'd
up somehow.
The crank seal on my 86 5kt poured oil at hwy speeds.  It was hard as a
rock.  A new seal cured the problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Kent
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:02 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: front crank seal leaking.. argh....
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> Richard J. Andrews wrote:
> >and i might as well do the cam seal if i'm doing the crank seal....
>
> When I replaced my t-belt last year at Huw's, I decided to do some
> preventative maintenance and replace the crank and cam seals. The
> crank seal gave me problems (even using Chris Miller's tools), so I
> decided to leave the cam seal alone. Here it is ~10K miles later, and
> the crank seal is leaking like a drunk in an alley, and the cam seal is
> fine.
>
> If I had to do it again (what am I saying? I _have_ to do it again), I'd
> leave the non-leaking seal alone. But then, I've already exposed
> myself as a Monkey Lad.
>
> Cheers,
> Kent McLean
> '89 200 TQ, ML membership #001
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