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• leaking torque converter oil seal?
  Historical mailing list - Philip R. Hanlon
  Mon, 10 Mar 1997 23:29:57 -0600
  ...Bentley, page 32.3,shows Converter oil seal (figure 7). This looks like a suspect. The "stuff" appears thicker than engine oil and is...
• 20 hours later and a new water pump and a few other things...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:32:56 -0700
  ...to replace plastic Oil cooler oil seal " Two hoses & 4 new clamps Thermostat & seal " to head seal Temp 2 sensor Oil fill pipe (new...
• Re: Front oil seal popping out?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 16:27:28 -0700
  ...Got up the next morning and fired her up and > discovered a big giant leak coming > from the front oil seal. Lots of oil...
• Oil Drain Plug Seal
  Historical mailing list
  04 Sep 96 07:36:53 PDT
  ...did an oil change last night. (have been having Quicky oil places do it) Got a new oil drain plug seal from a local...
• Re: Now what?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:42:22 -0600
  ...oil, especially if you have synthetic gear oil that doesn't smell >bad... >I did that - dropped the trans, changed rear main seal, and...
• Re: any guesses on oil light woes
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:18:25 -0500
  My understanding is that the oil warning system was introduced in response to the valve seal problems on the early inline 4 engines (early...
• Re: '87 Syncro GL Oil Purge
  Historical mailing list - Scott McDonell
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:46:05 -0700
  ...So, I don't know if you've got an engine oil leak from your filter, or maybe you have a tranny seal leak...
• Re: OIL LEAK HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew M Fox
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 05:10:37 -1000
  Sounds like the oil cooler seal may have failed. This part is prone to failure in our vans, especially in colder weather. In fact...
• Synthetic oil and older type two motor seals
  Historical mailing list - CLARKE
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 16:46:30 -0800 (PST)
  When a person uses synthetic motor oil in an older type 2 air cooled engine, ('78), will the motors engine seals be attacked or...
• Re: Oil Cooler oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:38:21 -0700
  ...I haven't lost much oil yet > > but I have to drive home > > this weekend. How difficult is it to replace the > > seal (if...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:08:03 -0500
  ...Oil pressure ? The seal that was replaced was the pulley seal close to the oil pump cover and that seal area was also resealed...
• Re: Leaking oil seal
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 17:56:37 -0800
  ...engine oil seal, we've checked the oil > breather is ok to make sure that the crankcase pressure isn't > forcing the oil out...
• Re: Oil leak, now slipping clutch - what seal?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:32:35 -0500
  Check your tranny fluid level just to be safe - but I would bet it is the seal at the crankshaft. Instead of being labeled...
• Re: Oil Seal Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:01:01 EST
  ...A friend has oil leaks from the seals on her 1.9L. Question is, if the leaks are small (getting some spray in the...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:23:55 -0500
  ...Are we talking the rear seal as in the pulley seal or >>> the flywheel seal? Or was is the oil pump cover seal? Then...
• Re: Flywheel seal
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:36:15 -0500
  I don't recall the 2.1 engine oil galley plugs behind the flywheel leaking . The flywheel seal can become brittle over time and...
• Oil sealing rings on valve shaft???
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 21:39:44 +0000
  ...When I dissasembled my heads there were no oil sealing rings. Do I need them? If so where can I get them? Is oil...
• Re: 2.1 Viton Oil cooler Seal??
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 26 May 2011 07:22:36 -0400
  ...a thing as a Viton Oil cooler seal exist?? An argument > could be made that the oil filter seal is not Viton and normally...
• Re: Oil Seal Question
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:54:17 EST
  ...A friend has oil leaks from the seals on her 1.9 L. Question is, if the leaks are small (getting some spray in...
• Oil seals/leak areas: 1982 diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Wed, 17 May 1995 09:46:25 -0600 (MDT)
  ...dipstick connection to oil pan 3. Oil pan itself 4. rear main shaft faceplate gasket 5. rear crankshaft oil seal 6. intermediate shaft seal...
• Front oil seal popping out?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Collens
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 13:53:47 -0700
  ...Got up the next morning and fired her up and discovered a big giant leak coming from the front oil seal. Lots of oil...
• Re: slow drip from oil drain
  Historical mailing list - Pascal
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:35:46 -0300
  ...This reduces the amount of sealing surface that the copper crush washer has to seal against. Did you torque the oil plug to spec...
• Re: oil leak from rear main seal?
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 20:06:11 -0500
  ...oil leak from rear main seal? > > > > My '83 AC Vanagon is leaking oil, presumably from the rear main seal > > from what I can see...
• Re: Distributor Woes - One Lives - One Dies
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:17:55 -0800
  Sudden massive oil leaks of that kind tend to be the o-ring seal for the oil cooler. Lots of VWs share the same...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Chatter Source Found
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 09:19:30 -0500
  ...Just clean the differential seal face very well to remove any oil film where the seal seats. Clean the seal equally well and sparingly...
• Re: 20/50 full syntetic motorcycle oil
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:24:59 -0700
  ...oil) Also FYI, if you have an old setup, it may CLEAN your seals/seams out from any gunk, and cause your seals to...
• Re: Oil leak in 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:04:59 -0600
  ...Most typically, a leak between the case and the flywheel is a flywheel seal ( sometime called a crankshaft oil seal) leak. Removing the flywheel...
• High oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:59:29 -0800
  ...I replaced a leaking oil seal because I was getting oil on the clutch. The new seal started leaking right away. From that and...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:18:38 -0500
  ...Oil pressure ? > > The seal that was replaced was the pulley seal close to the oil pump cover > and that seal area was also resealed...
• Re: Distributor Woes - One Lives - One Dies
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 25 Dec 2013 01:10:02 -0600
  ...My '88 Dover Blue Transporter blew a major oil seal >> somewhere. I was working on the Red Brick this afternoon, had to run to...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:22:30 -0500
  ...Are we talking the rear seal as in the pulley seal or the flywheel seal? Or was is the oil pump cover seal? Then...
• Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  October 29, 1987
  Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between the engine block and the oil cooler thus creating an oil leak: * An improved...
• Re: update: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:12:31 -0700
  ...I >>> have replaced the oil cooler seal, oil pump seal and oil filler tube >>> gasket.. >>> >>> when i did this it appeared that the main...
• Re: How to remove rear pulley on a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:32:54 -0600
  ...Howard >for the rear main seal leak. >Might not hurt to try 'Rear Main Oil Seal Leak Fix' ... >an oil additive .. >Barsleak has theirs...
• Re: Oil cooler coolant Leak ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:17:17 -0800
  ...The seal behind the cooler is an oil seal. That doesn't prevent water from leaking from the same general area, but it is...
• Re: oil leak from rear main seal?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:59:16 -0500
  ...oil leak from rear main seal? Over-filling the oil won't cause the rear main seal to blow. I have also found that...
• Re: Need AT final drive seal replacement pointers
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:12:16 -0500
  ...and bubble up. Oil only will just smoke and spread out very thinly. Howard >Subject: Re: Need AT final drive seal replacement pointers > coolant...
• Re: 2.1L WBX: oil leak under big pulley
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 31 Aug 2015 08:02:33 -0700
  ...If the seal has a big leak I would expect to see streaks of oil radiating out on the pulley where the spinning has...
• Re: Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:33:25 -0500
  We blew the puley seal on our subaru 2.5 last winter in very cold temperatures. We were running 5w30 regular oil at the...
• New diesel oil pans
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:57:26 -0700
  ...to confirm that the new oil pans actually have a 'different' sealing mechanism (ie, a bolt with sealing washer in a hole as opposed...
• Re: Oil cooler coolant Leak ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:27:32 -0600
  ...Prob leaking. > > The seal behind the cooler is an oil seal. That doesn't prevent water > from leaking from the same general area, but...
• Re: Hard oil seals
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 15 May 2006 17:09:01 -0400
  After I bought my '85 Westy the forward (front is front) oil seal failed and not only oiled my hatch a lot but any...
• Automatic transmission final drive gear oil leak.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Tue, 21 May 2019 08:09:06 -0400
  ...The only thing that I�m aware of in there is the torque converter oil seal that seals out AFT. I�m not aware...
• Re: Drive Flange Oil Seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:52:24 -0700
  ...Drive Flange Oil Seal replacement >I am trying to replace a leaking drive flange oil seal. I figured the two >hurdles were getting the...
• Crank seal backing out
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:44:03 -0700
  ...see what appears to be oil seeping from around the outer edge of the seal. And the seal appears to be protruding from the...
• Re: Flywheel seal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:49:24 -0600
  ...Most typically, a leak between the case and the flywheel is a flywheel seal ( sometime called a crankshaft oil seal) leak. Removing the flywheel...
• Oil Leaks
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 18:25:28 EDT
  ...I'm still leaking oil. It seems to be coming from the rear [pulley end] oil seal. Questions: 1. Can the rear oil seal...
• Re: Oil cooler Seal - 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 28 Dec 2013 11:17:02 -0800
  ...engine oil On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 11:14 AM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > I've ordered a new seal for this...
• Re: OEM Grease Colour: Rear Axle Shaft, Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 9 May 2016 23:11:26 -0700
  ...So the main oil seal I recently installed behind the flywheel shouldn't have had a light coat of oil on it before installing...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 16:15:13 -0700
  ...Any *sealing* function provided by this superfluous in comparison to the seal provided by the machined surfaces of the block and oil pump body...
• Oil Leak '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 11:57:57 EDT
  ...I have a problem with oil leakning out of the main seal in the Syncro. I had to replace the seal before and the...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 10:22:48 -0500
  ...oil cooler with amv 188 100 02 sealant? Is there not a o ring seal? and is it OK to use silicone sealant? Thanks...
• Re: Oil Pressure Safety Switch???????
  Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:31:23 -0500
  ...no oil pressure starter lockout switch. The failure to start problem must be something else. When you do replace the engine seal, get the...
• Re: oil cooler seals
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 4 Mar 1995 08:39:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...The standard seal kit (from sabo?) has 2 sets of oil cooler seals, for the two sizes of oil cooler openings. But if you...
• Hard oil seals
  Historical mailing list - Niall Mac Caughey
  Mon, 15 May 2006 21:45:11 +0100
  Pascal wondered about changing his oil seals as a precaution. I'll admit straight off that I don't know the right answer (sorry...
• leaking oil pump gasket or bolts
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 17:19:05 -0800
  ...That leaves the main seal, the oil pump gasket and the self-sealing nuts on the oil pump cover (as something on the rear...
• Re: Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 09:26:21 -0800
  kinda sounds like you blew the oil cooler seal's out from high oil pressure, Pull the oil cooler and replace the seals, change...
• Does anyone have experience with high mileage motor oils?
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:43:22 -0800
  ...I thought the oil was leaking form the 16 pushrod tube seals,but they appear tight. The bottom of the engine where the oil...
• Re: Oil Seal Question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:07:51 -0800
  On 3/12/10, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > A friend has oil leaks from the seals on her 1.9L. Question is...
• Final Oil pressure result
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 06:57:37 -0500
  ...Are we talking the rear seal as in the pulley seal or >>>> the flywheel seal? Or was is the oil pump cover seal? Then...