Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:41:25 -0700
Reply-To: Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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From: Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Subject: Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
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I seem to remember the seals are different from a Syncro to a 2wd..Might
look on the Bus Depot site to see.
Daryl of AA Transaxle
425-788-4070
"On the cutting edge of Old technology"
86 Syncro Westy with a Zetec in the trunk
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Tom Hargrave
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 4:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
Have you done a compression test and checked for excessive blowby? If you
have too much blowby then new seals dont matter much.
Tom
www.stir-plate.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jay lefstein <jleftbrane@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 5:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
hey guys I am losing the battle with an oil leak on my syncro... I have
replaced the oil cooler seal, oil pump seal and oil filler tube gasket..
when i did this it appeared that the main pulley seal was fine ( i removed
the pulley and saw no oil... at least i think i aw no oil... ) .... I guess
i was wrong ;(.. so i put it all back together washed the oil off the back
of the van and drove 200 kms........
bummer the oil was leaking just as bad as before if not worse...
so I ripped the exhaust and heat sheild back off, pulled the main pulley off
and pryed out the seal and replaced it.... put it all back together and ran
the van for 15 mins...
then splash a ton of oil started spilling out from behind the pulley ( worse
amount yet ) I am confident the i put the seal in correctly..
now this is the question.... have any of you seen a syncro specific seal for
this app.... i don't see any listed but the seal i took out seemed a bit
different then the one i put back in ... it seemed to have a second outward
facing lip ( which i assume is for keeping out water...
does anybody have the correct seal part number and where to get them
quickly in canada?
and any thoughts or suggestions of what could be wrong?
thanks
Jay
