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Are you sure it's engine oil? It could be a leaking tranny input shaft seal. You should be able to smell the difference. ***The smell and viscosity says Engine oil 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. ***I just got the photo album out, IT HAS ONE OF THOSE! Cheap modern replacement Crap! Ya know, Ill BET that's it! I installed it with some high temp RTV and I remember now that I think of it that I didn't have that warm N Fuzzy that you get with the traditional cam plug. 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. *** I did this correctly, having listened to your suggestions way back. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~