Front Oil Seal Replacement

[Fred Munro]

Hey, I made one of those tools from a nail as well, Wayne, to get the seal
out of my 200q.
Didn't work.
I tried the screw idea - just ripped the screws right out of the seal.
By this time the seal was quite badly mangled.
It turns out Audi glues some of these seals into the block with sealant.
According to the local Audi tech, even the factory tool won't pull a glued
in seal.
I just happened to get lucky and get one of the glued in seals. I finally
removed it by cutting the metal seal housing with a needle file (carefully,
oh so carefully) and peeling the seal out of the oil pump. Took me about 3
hours to get it out without scoring the crank or the oil pump housing.

Fred Munro
'94 S4

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Dohnal" <dohnal at hevanet.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>; <rocketscienceracing at attbi.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:18 PM
Subject: Front Oil Seal Replacement


> I did this on my I5 a few months ago.  To get the crank seal out I made a
> little tool out of a nail.  I ground off half of the head, bent the shank,
> worked the remaining part of the head in between the crank and the seal,
> then levered out the nail (and hooked seal) against the end of the crank
> with pliers and screwdriver.  A few people told me that sheet rock screws
> have worked well for them.  The manual says the new seal should be flush
> with the front of the flange that it goes into, so an appropriately-sized
> PVC pipe coupling tapped with a hammer served to drive the seal and set it
> flush.
>
> Wayne Dohnal
> 1994 S4
>
> >Anyone BTDT on oil seal replacement without special
> >tools? I know I can probably pull the old ones by
> >driving a few sheetrock screws into them and pulling.
> >What's the best way to tap the new seals back into the
> >block (short of getting the special tool :-). Anyone got
> >an oil seal driver I can borrow for a day or so (I'm
> >located in Southern NH)?
>
>
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