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Re: [T3] '73 broken back


On 22 Dec 98, at 15:05, Robert Braun wrote:

> got it back to the barn and noticed
> it was bleeding oil like crazy..... PO said when he parked it he
> thought the flywheel was loose and making a terrible racket from the
> engine....
> the guy who's helping me out with this project says the flywheel could
> have oblonged and messed up the crank while breaking the main seal
> around it... 

The flywheel will not "oblong", but it is possible that something 
else has destroyed your seal.  It it relatively common for the #1 
main bearing to come loose and allow lots of end play in the crank.  
This usually leads to lots of oil leakage and a destroyed case.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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