Re: 1.8L 1985 VW Scricco engine work..

[Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>]

--- The Pilot <falzsf@home.com> wrote:
> I have a 1985 VW Scricco and I plan on taking the motor
> out of it to do some
> repairs. It is leaking oil like crazy. I think around the
> main seal that is
> on the timing belt side of the motor. It wines to, so
> that is why I think a
> seal it leaking thus causing a bearing to get badly worn
> out (the wining).
> It is a very loud win, so I decide that I would take it
> out and maybe put
> new rings on the engine also bearings where neaded and
> change the seals.
> Most of them anyway. Any recommendation as to what I
> should replace and what
> I dont have to worrie about. It is a 1.8L JH engine. I
> would like it to last
> for awhile so I can save up for a 2.0L 16v for it.....
> 
> 
> Any help suggestion, words of advice would be greatly
> appreciated!!

Could also be a bad seal and a too-tight timing belt. 
Cheaper than pulling the engine.


=====
Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
7 VWs & counting.
"I do have a cause though...  it is obscenity.  I'm for it" - Tom Lehrer.

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