front seal carrier oil leak - Troubleshooting - VWDiesel.net The IDI, TDI, and mTDI source.

• front seal carrier oil leak by silvertdvw on 02 Mar, 2011 12:30
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  My car is leaking a lot of oil out of the two little holes near the top of the front crank seal carrier. Why is it leaking???   it makes a huge mess because it sprays oil directly onto the belts and the higher you rev it, the more oil sprays out as the oil pressure builds. I have approx 12,000kms on a complete rebuild and it just started to leak.
  
  
  
• #1 by maxfax on 02 Mar, 2011 21:20
• Is it for sure leaking from the holes, or could it be slinging up there from a leaking front seal?  My best guesses on that would either be some variety of issue with the housing itself, such as a crack, or the gasket isn't doing as it should..  Have you tried snugging the bolts a tad more??
  
  
• #2 by silvertdvw on 03 Mar, 2011 09:53
• its fixed now it was just the gasket
• #3 by nathan_b on 03 Mar, 2011 22:29
• Had a similar issue  with my int shaft seal. Eventually i figured out that it was leaking from the oil galley plug tirhg above the int shaft seal carrier. That was a *** to change out with the engine in the car.