NEED HELP PLEASE

[kizz81]

hello,
im out of ideas, we replaced the crank seal last wednesday and i got the bulkhead and everything back together by last night.
took it for a test drive
then went to post office to collect brothers missed post

got home ( a grand total of 8 miles ) and the engine oil is now leaking out quicker than it was, daft question but is this normal?

i wouldnt normally be in a slight panic but in 13 days time i set of heading for the landy rally  :'(

any help / advice will be rewarded in beer

cheers kieran

[V8MoneyPit]

Obvious question maybe, but you did put the seal in the right way round?

Or could the oil be from the front of the gearbox rather than the rear of the crank?

[kizz81]

the seal went in the same way as the old one came out

its defo engine oil as its dark black ( needs changing )
and the engine oild level is dropping

[lightweight-love]

did you take off the flywheel housing? iv heard of people taking off flywheel housing then doing the rear seal and nipping it when putting the housing back on.

[MuddyMachine]

I had the same problem last year, Changed the seal 3 times to no avail. Turned out to be the 2 L shaped cork seals from the bracket that hold the crank in.
Replaced them and not had a problem since

[kizz81]

did your leak get worse after you changed the seal, thats what is confuesing me
cheers kieran

[MuddyMachine]

Yes, cost me a fortune in seals, once I changed all the seals i had no more problems.

You need to take off the sump and the bottom ladder to get to the seal

[kizz81]

ill try replacing the seal, ive had a interesting convosation with dom the owner of apricot motors in bristol and he mentioned that there should be a white plastic ring in the centre of the seal ( which we thought was packaging ) it would apear that, that is there to align the seal properly we used a screw driver ( gentley ) to fit the seal round the apropriate parts,

a mistake on our part now seeming very possible, we will drop the gearbox and re do it using this plastic thingy as advised and see what diffferance it makes

thats a slight relief to know but still a unfortunate mistake
ill keep you posted

cheers kieran

[sas pinkie]

My ole man use to work for Turner engineering, and this is one job he has always insisted I got done on a proper press as he reakons they are just too hit and miss putting it in any other way. I would suggest you take the seal and the housing to a freindly garage a pay a litt,e beer money to get it done properly.