Oil leak after timing belt/crank seal job...

[Kneale Brownson]

At 09:07 AM 07/30/2003 -0400, David wrote:
>Well, as you kow I had a timing belt job done. It consisted of timing
>belt, water pump w seal, crank seal, and all accessory belts. Now I seem
>to have an oil leak at the front of the engine. My eduicated guess is the
>crank seal. When I told the shop about the leak they said, yeak I was
>going to mention that the aluminum housing housing that you pound the seal
>into is cracked, was cracked when you brought it in. Seems fishy to me, it
>didn't leak before. Thoughts? Should I push it and tell them it didn't
>leak before and I expect it to not leak now? Or should I just let it go
>knowiung that this is a 15+ year old car and sh1t happens...?

I think that case you're talking about is the entire oil pump.  Probably
fairly expensive to fix.  No leak ever gets better, only worse.  I also
can't believe the case was cracked prior to them "pounding the seal into
place".  Shouldn't be any pounding required.  I'd tell them you're taking
the car elsewhere for evaluation/repair and you expect them to pay the bill.