birdii
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| posted on 11/6/13 at 10:50 AM |
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Zetec front crank seal replacement
Having some trouble with the crankshaft oil seal on my zetec. It’s the timing belt end seal, I replaced it when I swapped the oil pump to be certain
of leak free running but struggled to fit the seal and quite soon found that I made a pigs ear of the job when oil pissed out!
Second attempt, I made a sleeve to go over the crank to aid fitting which worked perfectly only this time the seal pushed into the oil pump housing by
finger pressure only!
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Not sure if I should take the pump off, remove the seal again and put some goop around the OD or sacrifice another seal and try a new one.
Any advice is welcome!
Cheers
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beaver34
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| posted on 12/6/13 at 05:09 AM |
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are you using a genuine Ford seal? some times when you put them on the little spring retainer flips over or dosnt seat right and they leak oil
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birdii
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| posted on 13/6/13 at 08:32 AM |
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The new seals have been from Burton Power.
Yep i flipped the inner lip on the first seal which caused the leak. For the second attempt i made up a tapered guide sleeve for the inner, worked a
treat but was just worried at how easy the seal pushed into the oil pump housing.
Put it all back together so i will soon see if its no good!
Cheers
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 13/6/13 at 07:01 PM |
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Lubricate the seal inner lips before fitting
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