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On 17 May 2001, at 23:19, Kevin Howlett wrote: > let the car idle a few more minutes and I be dang > it there is not more oil under the engine the next time I look down > there. end play was set at 5 thousandths, why is this thing > destroying main seals as soon as the engine warms up? And locking up > on the main every time I get about 35 miles on it after a rebuild? Are you lubing the seal when you put it in? Do you have a proper seal installer that will seat the seal squarely in the bottom of its pocket? Checked for burrs on things? Right OS bearings for the align bore? One thing we are in complete agreement on is that this should not happen! > I have had bugs that ran basically forever, but this dang type III > is a piece of crap. Keep in mind that this part of a type 3 engine is EXACTLY the same as a type 1. You can keep at it or throw it away, but there IS an answer, and it's probably simple. You just have to find it. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/