tomcat59alan
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Do you mean crankshaft seal? What engine?
tomcat59alan
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The diesel needs mega torque on the crank bolt the crank pulley drives the oil pump by friction.stupid idea,why not a key way?
Have a quick look here https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/so-after-all-that.363474/#post-4965804
And ask @Doo
J
And ask @Doo
J
The front seal is slightly more involved than the rear since the rear can be forced out with a (in my case) gasket scraper...
The front seal, I drilled out using a 1.5mm drill bit, then screwing in a 2mm self tapping screw and pulling the seal out with a vice grip holding the screw and a rubber mallet to shock the seal off it's seat.
The face of the seal has a steel body behind the rubber which needs a drill bit to force a hole through before you can turn a self tapping screw into it.
The rubber somehow "glues" itself into the alloy and will not simply come off without some serious persuasion.
Once it's out and the new seal in, the engine will be happy once again
The front seal is slightly more involved than the rear since the rear can be forced out with a (in my case) gasket scraper...
The front seal, I drilled out using a 1.5mm drill bit, then screwing in a 2mm self tapping screw and pulling the seal out with a vice grip holding the screw and a rubber mallet to shock the seal off it's seat.
The face of the seal has a steel body behind the rubber which needs a drill bit to force a hole through before you can turn a self tapping screw into it.
The rubber somehow "glues" itself into the alloy and will not simply come off without some serious persuasion.
Once it's out and the new seal in, the engine will be happy once again
That'll be why it is usually the rear that fails.
+1 saves accidental damage too
V8 is usual thread.
J L Carr
Active Member
J L Carr
Active Member
well new seal fitted, Hooray let's hope this makes the **** at the MOT centre happy as this had been leaking for about 10 years as just a slight weep and if I remember right the last time I topped the oil up was 2 years ago,that was before we went abroad for 2 weeks. But the annoyingly thing is on last years MOT it has an advisory of the oil leak this year it's a total failure even though I only done 1960 miles since the last MOT, I think they wanted money of me to do the job,so going to take it back and then find somewhere else. Thanks Guys for ALL your help.
