[T3] Fwd: Type 3 Auto Oil Leak

William Jahn willjahn975 at gmail.com
Wed May 18 22:12:42 PDT 2022


The only seal I can find is the orange silicone elring. It's supposed to be
the best, don't know if it's double lipped it might be.  Got their full
gasket set as well. To be honest I don't recall what I installed in 97. I
even got the two gland nut sockets and the best seal installer is a 3 piece
set so it stops so the seal is driven in straight and the proper depth. I
just can't bring myself to pull the engine because of the fuel injection. I
just wanted to be prepared. I think it's also leaking a bit by the oil
cooler seals yet most of the leak is the rear main seal. So far it's been
leaking for a long time and has not become worse so I just check and add
oil . The little driving I normally do at most 400 miles per year in a
month I may lose 4 oz.

William

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 8:24 PM <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> The OE seal is a double lip seal. I would expect it to seal as well
> statically as dynamically.
> That's what most of us experience.
>
> On 18 May 2022 at 21:33, Stephen Unsworth wrote:
>
> > I know it should not leak when standing but my understanding of it is
> > that Lip Seals rely on Friction to work. It is the Rotation of the Shaft
> > in the Seal that creates the Friction. That may be why it only Leaks
> > when the Engine is not running. Apart from the Lip Seal wearing over the
> > Years and Miles  they do gradually Wear the surface of the Shaft. Also
> > any misalignment or lack of concentricity between the Seal and the Shaft
> > will contribute to Leakage.
> > Have you looked if there is a Double Lip Seal available in the correct
> > size ?
>
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