The seal may have been good.  The surface it mounts in to also needs
to make a seal.  Also make sure the area that the seal rides on does
not have a grooze cut in it.  These are 2 very important over looked
things that will cause the new seal to leak.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Shawn Wright wrote:

> I pulled the transmission on my '88 today to fix a leaking rear main seal. In
> the Bentley, page 13.41, and O-ring is shown, installed with flywheel after
> the seal. Mine did not have this... should it? I see the o-ring listed at
> Bowwow, so I wonder why they didn't sell me one with the seal...?
> I've already put in the new seal - the old one looked ok, but was a bit stiff,
> and came out much easier than expected (almost fell out...)
> Of course the clutch disc is oil-soaked  :-( , but has lots of thickness left,
> so I may try degreasing & re-installing. (the clutch was not slipping, just
> starting to shudder the last month or so.)
>
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