Rear Oil Seal Questions- 1.7 8v

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

Funny you should mention that... mine pooped oil all over my clutch after a 
few thousand miles of service. When I dropped the new motor in last year I 
replaced the rear main seal with a nice fresh one I got from Mike or Mark ( 
www.parts4vws.com or www.germanautoparts.com ). A few weeks ago it gave up 
and killed my clutch disc.

Enough history! I called the dealer to order my new bottles and decided to 
order a seal at the same time. The price he quoted me was around $80.00! 
Hmmmm kinda high but I said go ahead and order it and I'll see if it's what 
I need when I get there. Sure enough it's the same seal pressed into the 
aluminum flange that goes on the side of the motor. According to the parts 
guy VW has not sold that seal on it's own for a while and the only way to 
get the seal alone is to go aftermarket. The head service guy sez that they 
had problems with the seals not sealing if they are not installed 100% 
correctly. Now I don't now about that cuz I've done this before and not had 
any problems. Anyway that gasket for the flange to the block is U shaped... 
the bottom of the flange is sealed by the oil pan gasket. It's under $3.00 
from the dealer so if your worried it's a cheap part to have on hand.

Mine gets fixed on Saturday if all goes well...

-Raffi




At 02:14 PM 5/3/2004, scirocco@comcast.net wrote:
>Time to get down and dirty and change my rear oil seal AGAIN!
>
>It started leaking almost as soon as I replaced it the first time. Now I 
>need some ideas on how I can insure that it doesn't happen again. Has 
>anyone used some gasket sealer around the outer edge of the oil seal 
>itself? Do I need to do anything to the oil seal carrier? Or perhaps the 
>other oil seal ring found on the outer plate separating the engine from 
>transaxle?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>
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