2.7T (BEL) engine rear main seal question

[Joshua Van Tol]

The saab wasn't much of a joke either. 2.0 liters, 4 valves per cylinder,
turbocharged, 180 hp. Not bad at all for 1985.


On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, hayes myers <hayesmyers at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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