Rear crank oil seal

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Buggered! [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/frown.gif[/image]

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What a bummer !! [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/frown.gif[/image]Its the second time its gone isn’t it ?[This message has been edited by Phil Davies (edited 17 October 2002).]

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Yes, it was what originally caused the rebuild. I have it on authority from the Elise technical board that this is a problem with high output K’s. They recommend additional breathing (which I am having done) and one has gone to the length of tapping their block and screwing the seal in. Others just silicon sealant theirs. Lucky it was found in time…

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Sorry to hear that Russ.What were the symptoms?Ian [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/frown.gif[/image]

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A smell of burning oil when thrashed. I also keep a close check on the oil level. It has always used some, but then when I needed to put more oil in then petrol, I suspected there was a problem.

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Was it not dripping on your driveway then?Ta, Ian

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Unfortunately, it was being held in the undertray, with some/most(?) being burnt off on the manifold…

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As a follow up to this, the crank seal had not been blown out by excess pressure, but had failed where it runs on the crank. I had the breathing done anyway, with a pipe from the dipstick case to the (now modified) catch tank.Thanks again to LRV for the free work (on parts warranty from April, when the problem first arose).