Wouldn't work for me... for one thing, when I have the engine out of the
van I tend to look at it as I would any other engine. Actually when it's in
the van I look at it that way. On the other hand if you said 'the left head'
I would think of the one on the driver's side, in or out of the vehicle...
helpful, eh?

Cya,
Robert

On 1/20/08, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> 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?
> >
>