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On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 13:22, Daniel Baum wrote: > Thanks Russ. > > Hopefully I should have time to change the pan gasket and the governor > o-ring tomorrow or Monday. > > BTW, if the torque converter oil seal were leaking , would it leak all the > time that the engine is running? I am asking because mine seems to only leak > some of the time, although I am not sure what the conditions are. I started > the engine and it leaked quite a lot, and then I couldn't get it to leak > again however I moved the shifter. I can't tell you what it does when the > car is moving and the gears are changing. > > I was just wondering whether this might be some kind of indication as to > where the leak is coming from? > The torque converter seal will have pressure on it any time the engine is running. I would try running the car up on the stands, and watching it. maybe set the emergency brake a little for a little load on the tranny, and watch it. Just be careful of moving parts while under there. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~