[Vwdiesel] very leaky driveshaft seal

[Tony and Lillie]

So, is this the second time the seal has leaked, or just the first? If it's 
the second, yes, I'd check for excessive play. Otherwise, you may just have 
gotten a bad seal, or it may have been improperly installed.

Tony Hoffman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evans Antoniou" <ev32amd at yahoo.ca>
To: <Vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:28 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] very leaky driveshaft seal


> hi all,
>
> i have an mk3 jetta 1.9TD AAZ engine.
>
> about 8 months ago i had the seal changed due to
> prevention as i was doing the clutch work at the
> sametime. now there is a large leak from the
> driveshaft seal where the hub (cup) attaches to the
> tranny (5sp).
>
> i brought the car to the local transmission shop and
> they thought it was a bearing in the tranny causing
> the  oil leak but they did not even drive the car
> (only assumption) and i had to rebuild the tranny - i
> think this is BS because the tranny drives great,
> there is no rattle, no funny noises - tranny has been
> driving the same ever since i purchased the car. i
> tranny might have around 250 000 km.
>
> now i am new to troubleshooting tranny issues but does
> the tranny misfunction in any way due to the leak
> except more noise if there is no oil left?
>
> is this a huge job?
>
> i have a 1.6L diesel (non turbo)  tranny and is this a
> direct swap?
>
> thanks for all the info.
>
> evan
>
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