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On 1 Aug 2005 at 10:55, Daniel Baum wrote: > Looks like I've found the leak. This is a full-sized pic that you can zoom > in on: > > http://www.type34.info/temp/Photos%20July%202005%20034.jpg > > The flash really shows up the details well. The bottom left of the oil seal > is very oily, and there is a track from the bottom of the center circle down > towards the floor. Does this prove the oil seal has had it? It's always pretty hard to say with something like this. I agree that this looks pretty dirty, but that's probably normal. The tell-tale sign of an active leak is places where the normal grunge has been washed away. There are some signs of this in your photo. Did you wipe off the face of the seal and its boss? I'm wondering if it washed itself clean or if you helped it. Look at the lip on one of your new seals. You'll notice that it comes to a point, so that it actually contacts the TC in a thin circle. Check the contact area on the TC; if it is rough in any way, then this may be what damaged the seal. Look at the lip on the old seal: Just from normal wear, the old seal will have a flat worn on it. If that lip has worn down too far, then it will have worn thru to the garter spring inside which energizes it. If that has happened it is clearly dead. It's probably worth replacing the seal regardless. The thing that bothers me is your observation that it starts to leak rapidly after it has warmed up. I'm just not sure what would cause that. > The entire area is extremely oily, as you can see. I would like to degrease > it before I put the engine back. Is there anything I shouldn't spray with > degreaser and/or carb spray? Is it OK to wash the degreaser off with water? Just don't get anything inside the TC or the final drive. I believe the flange you can see in the photo is iron, so you want to leave it oily, just to hold down the rust. It's probably still a good idea to clean it off anc inspect it carefully for cracks. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~