g60 oil leak

[VR6_ROB 0]

since i fitted my supercharger blank and deleted the boost resturn pipe fitted little filters etc

 

it is pissing oil from the sump by looks of things

also I bought a oil catch tank how do you pipe them up on the g60

 

got a new sump gasket to put in does not look like the oil is coming from higher up

its mainly coming down from the gearbox side of the block

[G60_Marc 0]

its mainly coming down from the gearbox side of the block

 

It could be coming from the crank end seal behind the flywheel. Take the flywheel cover plates off and have a look for oil on the fly wheel.

[VR6_ROB 0]

are they easy to replace if its that

[G60_Marc 0]

Depends how handy you are with the spanners. Took me a couple of hours to fix.

 

If it is that seal it is located behind the flywheel which means you will need to take the gearbox out, remove the clutch from the flywheel and take the take the flywheel off the crank shaft. You should also replace all flywheel and clutch plate bolts with new ones.

 

To give you some idea here is a pic of my seal all blown out. PIC

Notice how the paper seal has blown past the plate. The engine only had 10k on it after full g-werks rebuild. I think the lad that owned the car breifly before me had over filled it with oil at some stage.

 

 

I would investigate further tho, your 1st point of call would be the sump gasket/sump bolts and threads and then go from there.

[VR6_ROB 0]

fingers crossed it aint that engine has done 198k so most possibly will be that knowing my luck

[G60_Marc 0]

:grin: yeah "knowing my luck" is something that applys to me too, quite often.

 

 

I could also be the rubber crank seal itself and not the gasket.

 

 

Good luck with tracking it down.

[VR6_ROB 0]

are the seals easy to source I might try pick some up still running the car wont get time to check it out properly until thursday

[G60_Marc 0]

are the seals easy to source I might try pick some up still running the car wont get time to check it out properly until thursday

 

Yep vw stock all the parts as they are a common item used on many different vw's models.

 

Paper gasket cost a few quid. End seal usually comes as a complete unit i belive and costs a fair bit.

 

 

If i remember right i think you can also get a later version of the end plate that has does not have the paper gasket and uses a built in rubber gasket instead.

[VR6_ROB 0]

booked in tomorrow to get this seal done as I dont fancy laying under the car to do it

 

could it just be old 198k on it I just dont want the new one to be doing the same thing

in a few weeks or summat

like i said it only happened since i put the plate on the charger and added the small filters

 

rob

[VR6_ROB 0]

well i never got the seal done parts were on back order

 

vw want £104 +vat for the rear crank seal as its part of a unit

they is no way i am buying that plus £160 to fit at a local garage

 

i tried my local motor factors picked up a seal for £12 including vat

surely I can just get the new seal pressed in when its in bits