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
Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -----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 |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.