Rasafrassin' nogood blickablackin' risafrassin...frontcrankshaft oil seal (CGT)

[Chris Semple]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Ameer Antar

> I second Pat's suggestion. Don't waste money or time on 
> removing the front seal like that. I personally wouldn't 
> trust my luck to use sharp tools around a sealing area of the 
> motor either. Just pull the oil pump out and you can pop out 
> that seal w/ no effort. You'll need to remove about 5+ bolts 
> on the oil pump including the one for the idler pulley (but 
> leave the pulley in if you're not changing it), and you'll 
> also need to remove the 2-3 oil pan bolts that go through the 
> aluminum oil pump housing. Make sure to get a new gasket oil 
> pump housing gasket too. To get my old oil seal out I just 
> flipped the housing over and used a flattened chisel to push 
> it out the front of the housing... just took a couple taps to 
> get it out. Make sure when you replace the oil pump housing 
> that the crank engages the cutouts in the oil pump gear or 
> you won't be able to get the housing all the way back on. 
> BTDT. good luck.
> -Ameer

So how do you get the oil pickup tube off the pump then?

-Cheers
Chris Semple
Concord, NH
'92 S4
   '93 E350 Club
      '81 Vw Pickup