2.7T (BEL) engine rear main seal question

[hayes myers]

Just remember this is high-horsepower Audi and not some joke Saab. lol. tks
for the tip re gasket maker. It seems material sciences have advanced quite
nicely over the years. 'Yamabond' i think is the Yamaha version of gasket
maker... my bud used it regularly when fixing up snowmobiles. (

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Joshua Van Tol <josh at spiny.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:53 PM, urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> > There's no question about it, the reason the factory supplies the RMS
> > pre-mounted in the plate is to avoid the likelihood that someone would
> > accidentally push the replacement seal through the plate and then reuse
> it,
> > causing the likelihood of another RMS leak in the near future.  Too bad
> > they
> > didn't build the plate with a lip that would prevent the seal from
> pushing
> > all the way through ... go figure.  If you are going to DIY the seal
> > without
> > the replacement plate I'd recommend removing the plate from the block and
> > replacing the seal on the bench.  Yes, you will need to replace the
> gasket
> > between the plate and the block this way, but it is way too easy to
> > accidentally push the seal through the hole if you try to do it in situ.
> >
>
> Yeah, I'm sure that's done good things for their warranty numbers on seal
> replacement. I'll probably remove the plate as you suggest. I've had good
> luck in the past when a gasket wasn't available with adding a very light
> smear of anaerobic sealant to the surface and re-assembling. Actually Saab
> discontinued a bunch of gaskets for their older engines, and the
> instructions from them was to replace them with anaerobic sealant.
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