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I know nothing about who lightened it or if it was even balanced. With the heavy counterweighted crank I can barely tell it is there when driving the car. How do I check the run out of the flywheel. If this thing is bad in the first place, would it cause my seal to leak so soon, and then cause my engine to lock up on the main bearing? At first I thought it was just my mechanic but this thing has been through 3 mechanics and the last one worked at a dealer from 68-79, and drag raced vw's for 16 years after that. No one around here has ever seen somthing like this. I have replaced nearly everyting in this engine crank, rods, bearings, even the case, but it still seems to beat the seal out, this time I pulled the engine out before it locked up on me. >I wouldn't wish a lightened flywheel on my worst enemy. I tried them back in >the sixties, and immediately got rid of them. They are a bear to drive on >the streets. All for a few hundred rpm, and a little quicker acceleration. >It sounds like you may have one that does not run true. Check the runout on >the flywheel. Who lightened the flywheel. Did they know what they were >doing? Was the flywheel balanced after lightening. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/