Re: oil cooler seal poll

[Bernard Seront <serontb@wanadoo.fr>]

>From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>
>Brian wrote:
>
>> green is a late cooler to early case seal.  the red is late to late and
the black is early to early and they do make a
>> big difference!  get them right, or get a mess!
>
>Brian,
>
>If this was true, they would be different in the internal diameter! All
these three seals are identical!
>

We'll need to come upe with a FAQ on this oil cooler seals problem!

Brian, 

Color is not a good criteria anymore to recognize the right seal.

You need to measure the internal diameter of the seal, which is the oil
passageways diameter.

The oil passageway can be 8 mm (early 8 mm case and 8 mm cooler) or 10 mm
(late 10 mm case and 10 mm cooler), hence 8mm internal diameter seals or 10
mm seals.
You can mix up early and late case / coolers with a specific 8mm to 10 mm
seal.

So far we found : red 8 mm, black 8/10 mm, and black red or green 10 mm
seals from brazilian engine gasket sets or from VW directly.

Bernard.

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