Re: BTDT's on rear crank seal?

["Ian J Haseltine" <jim_haseltine@email.msn.com>]

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From: Phil Payne <Phil@isham-research.demon.co.uk>

>I don't know what it is about the MB engine, but it seems particularly
>prone to _HOWL_ when this problem surfaces.  Didn't you do the lifters
>a while back, and put in a new camshaft oil seal?  Perhaps increased
>the suction?
Howl is an understatement. The noise is intermittent, but its starting to
reach the level where I'll need to wear earplugs when I drive.
Yeah, a completely new top end. It's odd though, the way that the noise
stops when I put pressure on the clutch.

Jim Haseltine
88 Ur quattro