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Subject:Oil leak, now slipping clutch - what seal?
From:David Marshall
Date:Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:57:39 -0700

During my last try to Vancouver I started to notice a small table spoon
size puddle of oil under my van where the bellhousing meets the
engine.   Now under full load my clutch is slipping.  How
do I tell if it is engine oil or gear oil?  When cold it is thick,
but so is 5w40 engine oil.  Since many years now I can't smell very
well so that's not an option for me.  Color wise I would say it is
not as black as engine oil but there could be other contaminates by the
time it goes to the outside world.

My thinking is that
it is the input shaft of the gearbox seal that went as this can get easy
access to the clutch as opposed to the crank shaft seal.

David Marshall

http://www.hasenwerk.ca
Box 4153,
Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2

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