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YOUR RESEARCHPlease help me identify seal
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He ends up pitching it and goes back to check on his car.
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during tire change while the car was on the lift my buddy pulled out the remains of a
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Hi,
during tire change while the car was on the lift my buddy pulled out the remains of a
rubber seal
from the engine. About 1 cm was already sticking out so he easily pulled it all the way out. I wasn't there to have seen where it was exactly but he indicated me the area of my rms-leak. This was already 4 months ago and I haven't had any issues yet and for the last 10000km I virtualy needed no oil (less than 1quart). But since I'm due to the RMS change as soon as my clutch needs replacement I would rather know before I show it to the dealer. Outer diameter is about 35,0 mm, inner 31,5 mm. ~ 1.35/ 1.24 inches.
Any ideas?
Thorsten
Have no idea what seal it was but I have 2 comments:
1. What in the world are you allowing your friend to pull seals, etc., off the car. Nothing good can come from that.
2. You CANNOT pull your RMS out without opening the housing up.
Reminds me of a joke:
A penguin pulls into a gas station with car problems. The service guy says he will need about 30 minutes to figure out the problem. The penguin goes inside and gets a huge vanilla ice cream cone. The problem is he can�t eat it very fast since he doesn�t have hands (just those little flippers). It melts all over his feet. He ends up pitching it and goes back to check on his car.
The service guy looks at him and says �well, it looks like you blew a seal�, the penguin says, no, it�s just ice cream�hahahahah
You guys are all a big help...
I can almost see LV giving his car keys to his wife:"Honey don't rev it untils it's warmed up" an then (with her almost half way down the driveway): "AND DON'T PULL ON ANYTHING UNDER THE CAR!"
@LV: Well I know I can't just PULL the RMS. If I had a whole that big in the block I probably wouldn't worry about that little thingy. It was sticking half way out already when he pulled the rest of it. So I'm not to pessimistic when I say it wasn't functioning the way Porsche designed it to at that time. Nevertheless it would have been better if he would have at least memorized exactly where or left it to a mechanic. Well it's too late now...
Thorsten
Those circled areas are inside the transmission housing. That picture is from the rear of the engine with the transmission removed. The center seal is the rear main seal and the bottom one I know is the intermediate shaft seal, I am not sure what the top one is. It would be impossible for any of those seals to be removed and/or pulled off by your friend from under the car without the transmission housing undone from the engine.
That is f'ing hillarious.
Dude, never let a friend 'pull a seal' under your car!
If your RMS ain't leaking, don't replace it, even if you're doing the clutch too.
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