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clinker42 - October 22nd, 2009 at 04:38 PM

Hi Guys

Dumb question, where is the seal on the front pulley of a VW motor.

Surely that slinger cant be the only thing there to stop the oil coming out.

Trev

FROSTY - October 22nd, 2009 at 06:14 PM

yep,

greedy53 - October 22nd, 2009 at 06:29 PM

thats it simple and works great

bajachris88 - October 22nd, 2009 at 06:50 PM

depending on what the motor is used for... alot of offroad vw's concerned with dust and sand issues... get something called a 'sand seal' to go on the front crank pulley to prevent dirt entering. (rather than issues of oil leaking)

Some and seals require machining... But the one i got... thats readily available... is an oil seal mounted on a circular aluminium sleeve, that you just tap in and it seals the crankshaft. The one i got however... requires a sand seal pulley to accomodate the extra space the seal consumes. they aren't exy at all.

If you ask me... its cheap insurance :tu:

But i mean... these vw engines have been around for the last 40+ yrs without them... so it depends how protective you wanna be.

clinker42 - October 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 PM

Bloody hell lol

I would never have ever thought about putting an engine together with out a front seal. Maybe try that on the Holdens lol


Thanks Guys

colonel mustard - October 23rd, 2009 at 12:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by clinker42. Maybe try that on the Holdens lol


Do it. I wanna see what happens :) :)

clinker42 - October 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 PM

hahahaha

No way, you put a new seal and a new balancer and the Holdens still leak lol, without a seal it would be like no sump plug.