"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
10/19/2019 at 14:25 • Filed to: 924 turbo
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"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
10/19/2019 at 14:25 • Filed to: 924 turbo | 3
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You wanna complete the holy trinity of fixing oil leaks this winter? Hell yeah!
The first winter was the cylinder head, second was oil pan, and this winter will be the most daunting of them all: The rear main seal (aka the rear crankshaft seal).
This is exactly what my car looks like without any of the “car” stuff.
This will be a relatively straight forward operation. There’s two ways to do this regularly, the first option is to remove the engine, but I haven’t got the space for that, so the long way around! Because it is a transaxle car, to get to this seal, everything forward of the engine block needs to slide back to give me access to the seal. To do so:
The exhaust needs to be removed from the car (yellow oval).
The rear axles removed, maybe replaced while I’m there (red diamonds).
The transmission disconnected from the rear suspension (blue rectangles).
And the torque tube disconnected from the bellhousing and slid back.
Then the bellhousing can be removed and the clutch and stuff could be replaced while I’m in there. Installation is reverse of disassembly.
I’ve got a couple exhaust rattles to fix and more interior improvements to make this winter (I NEED A RADIO). But this shouldn’t take nearly as long as the oil pan.
atfsgeoff
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/19/2019 at 14:40 |
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Have you checked out the PCV system? If it’s clogged, you’re just gonna keep blowing out oil seals.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/19/2019 at 14:47 |
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Pretty sure my grandparent’s ‘
83 VW Vanagon (T3) when I was a kid
had those same door handles on the front doors :P
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K-Roll-PorscheTamer
> atfsgeoff
10/19/2019 at 14:58 |
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Great question! It’ll be inspected along the way. It could very well be clogged and increasing crankcase pressure.
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K-Roll-PorscheTamer
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
10/19/2019 at 14:59 |
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What VW/Audi/Porsche didn’t have these door handles or some derivative in the 70s-80s?
bhtooefr
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
10/19/2019 at 15:03 |
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The Porsche ones aren’t made out of pot metal, though, IIRC, so they didn’t break like the VW/Audi ones