crank oil seal, (fooked clutch due to oil leak!)

Level 4 User Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 97

how hard is it to replace this seal behind the flywheel, its bean leakin oil for sum time now from that area, and its starting to fook the clutch, somtimes it slip and you cant do anything about it, other times its fine and rev's right thought to 7k pullin!!!
is it worth changin or should i put the hatches engine in it, would that be easier???
cheers

Gay Rights Activist Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1268

is it defo engine oil?....could be gearbox seal?

either way g/box has to come off. is the other engine any good?

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

is a gearbox seal reasonable to change?

Level 4 User Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 97

enigne oil seams to be coming out of the bottom of the box right near the sump but it aint the sump,
the condition of the other engine is as good, but without a leaking seal,
just wanted to fine out how to change it, and if its a split thew engine job well ill stickl the other engine in, do it and sell hatone insted,
cheers
alex.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

gearbox sealis a bastard to change.

Engine oil seal is not to bad, need to get the box out then just plop a new seal in.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

just plop eh?...like from 20 yards with your eyes shut?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yeah if its your 1st time, I stand 50 feet away, touch my toes, place seal on my arse, fart and it goes in perfectly everytime, needs to correct for wind direction etc.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

HAHAHAHAHAHAAA

Level 4 User Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 97

im prtty sure its the engine seal, the oil dripping from that area is thin a black, nothing like gear oil,
and when you say plop it in, remove the flywheel and just pull it out and stick one in its place?
do reno sell em??
cheers

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

well i know renault sell them...about Â£20

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

77 03 087 190 SEAL C/SHAFT 16.92 ---3 x 1

Just remove flywheel pull out the old one and stick that one in.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

think haynes or someone said u have to remove the first main bearing cap but u dont...just lever it out with a small screwdriver

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Bloke sold one of those seals on ebay cheap not so long ago Wink

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

really? some lucky dab had a bargain then!

Level 8 User Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 278

When reattaching the flywheel do new bolts need to be used? Mr Haynes seems to think so.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

be as well using new ones, but you can re-use the old ones and add some loctite.

Level 4 User Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 97

when your putting the flywheel back on does it matter which way it goes on, i know it which way round it goes on but you know the timing mark things on the edge of the flywheel, what if you were to put it, lets sya a bolt out ie, 2" more round than it was when i took it off?
will this alter the timing or somthing?
cheers
alex.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

yeah i think it will fook it up...

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yes that will make it not run my man.

Line the front up via the cambelt pulley, then stick the flywheel on so it aligns with the marking on the gearbox.

I can't remember if the F7P bolts holes are staggered so it can only go on 1 way.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Don't think they are, i recall a bloke ages ago on rsc that was wonderin what was wrong with is 19 and it turned out to be the flywheel been on wrong

Level 4 User Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 97

rite the flywheel has gone back on in the correct position thank god! there was only one place in the timing groves where it lined up to put a bolt in the block to stop it from moving, and he use the same one to put it back on cos the engine didnt turn over while the box was off,
so theres no problem there, but after a bit of a drive when the ils hot/thin, i still have the oil leak coming from the gearbox/crank area, im guessing theres still a problem, and if the oil is coming from where i thought it was coming from the main crank seal then its possible its doing it again!!! which means this clutch is only gonna last a few months/weeks, its deffinalty enigne oil, its very thin and black, and its coming from under the gear box, when i cools off im gonna get it up on the ramps n take a look, this is pissing me off!!!
could it be leaking from anywhere else??

cheers
alex.