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On 18 Jun 2006 at 21:28, Keith Park wrote: > A serious oil leak has spring on the Notch, and since its dripping as high > as the lower starter bolt (From the starter bellhousing seam) and and > extends forward along the bottom of the tranny and back and everywhere under > the engine Ive narrowed it down to coming from the bell housing. Are you sure it's engine oil? It could be a leaking tranny input shaft seal. You should be able to smell the difference. There's also the cam tunnel plug. I hear that late cases use a different kind of plug, one what you can install without splitting the case. Maybe yours is backing out. OTOH, a leaky engine main seal would leak against the back side of the flywheel and get flung outwards before it got to the clutch, while gear oil would follow the input shaft right into the center of the clutch disk. When you install the engine main seal, make sure that the spigot on the flywheel is perfectly smooth. Sand it smooth with oiled wet/dry paper if necessary. The seal should be bottomed out in its recess, against the shoulder there. Don't just press it flush with the surface of the case, as many people will tell you to do. When you assemble the parts, oil both the seal lip AND the flywheel spigot. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~