It would be nice if we could all agree as to which is front and which is
rear.

I subscribe to John Muir's "Front is front is front" way of talking
about rear engined VWs.  That means that the seal in the engine's
flywheel end is the front seal.  The one toward the rear of the vehicle
(where the crankshaft pulley is) is the rear seal.

Mike

Clint Kolda wrote:
> I am also going to be replacing the rear main seal in my 2.1.  I have to pull it apart to replace the clutch I killed push starting the van earlier this winter.  I figure I might as well replace the rear seal since the labor is mostly done at that point.  I was reading on GoWesty's site that they recommend only using the VW OEM seal.  Is there any thruth to this?  Has anyone had bad experiences using other than VW seals?
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