Well I'll tell ya, I ain't no VW expert but from what I know about main
seals, I would look at all the compression rings. A broken compression ring
would give you recurring main seal issues.

On the other hand, I asked that all problems this week be dealt with between
the vendor and the indivdual, as this list has gotten ugly. The desire to
bitch is too strong though,so there it is.

It's getting close. Who needs it?

tim in san jose

>From: John Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
>Reply-To: John Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: main seal seating (was Boston Bob Engine)
>Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:34:22 -0400
>
>Now this has gotten me curious... if the pully-side seal has been replaced
>multiple times, it has to be the case causing the problem, right (unless
>all those seals are bad)? In situations like this what would cause the
>problem, and how would a fix be arrived at -- besides scrapping the case?
>I'm hearing a lot of unhappiness, but not what can be done about it.
>
>Please, no more discussions of people's character -- I'm just interested in
>the technical solution.
>
>john

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