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crankshaft seal opinions

posted by  someone claiming to be nedc on  Thu Jul 8 05:22 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Hi all. I'm readying a low mileage 95 960 inline 6 to drop in my 92 960 w/ bad engine. I'm replacing all the seals, timing belt, heater hoses, etc. as a precaution and because it's easier to do with the engine out of the car than in.

Here's my question. When I've put crank seals in before I've been careful to not push the seal in past the 'lip' of the flanged area that holds the seal. Most manuals say to do it this way. But this time I pushed the seal in a little too far. Of course, once it's in- it's in unless you want to destroy the seal and do it again. There is probably enough depth in that recess to put two seals in anyway. I bolted the flexplate on but now I'm having second thoughts. Should I pull that seal out and put in another flush with the lip? I don't want to have to replace the seal again AFTER it's in the car when I find out it leaks..

It seems to me that having the lip of the seal ride on a new, previously untouched area of the crank journal would be a good thing anyway. Waht do you guys think? Thanks





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