[s-cars] front crank seal (aka crankshaft seal, main seal)

[Theodore Chen]

i replaced the seal after getting a bunch of ayes and zero nays.
several people mentioned having the seal start leaking a few months
after they decided not to replace it during a timing belt change.
removal was very easy with the factory seal removal tool.

everything's back together and the car started and ran fine during a
10 minute test-drive.

just one issue: the hood doesn't latch on the driver's side.  i'm sure
it has something to do with the removal and reinstallation of the
lock carrier, or the cable, but i'm not sure how to troubleshoot.  i
already tried pushing the hood down, and it seems to go down all the way
without latching.

any ideas?

-teddy

--- Robert Rossato <bob.rossato_af at cox.net> wrote:

> I skipped mine when I did the 1st timing belt at 65k, but plan on
> replacing it when I do the 2nd TB.  It's always a tough decision to mess
> with something that ain't broke, but the question is, do you think it
> will be leak free for another 60k miles?  If you have the factory tool,
> it is extremely easy to replace.  I say go for it.
> 
> bob
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Theodore Chen
> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 5:16 AM
> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: [s-cars] front crank seal (aka crankshaft seal, main seal)
> > 
> > 
> > i'm in the middle of a timing belt job.  the front crank seal isn't
> > leaking a single drop.  car has 145k miles on it.  last belt was done
> > at about 50k miles.  i don't know if the crank seal was replaced.
> > 
> > i have a rental timing belt tool kit that includes the official
> > audi crank seal puller, same as the one depicted in fred 
> > munro's writeup.
> > 
> > should i replace the seal or leave it alone?  i don't know if 
> > the one in 
> > there is original or a replacement, but i do know it isn't 
> > leaking at all.
> > 
> > -teddy
> > 
> > 
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