Crankshaft dust seal - to lube or not?

flatlander

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• Jul 16, 2012

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Nearly finished the rebuild on my 200tdi
About to fit the crankshaft dust seal, but neither Haynes or the LR manual mentions any kind of lubrication. I'm tempted to pack the seal with grease, as it doesn't seem right to have a seal running dry. But, would the grease gather dust, forming an abrasive sludge which would score the crankshaft? In other words, what's usual practice?

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discomania

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• Jul 16, 2012

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If it's like some other seals it may have a teflon coating and using grease or oil will actually impede it's ability to seal...

 

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• Jul 16, 2012

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leave as is

 

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Thanks for the help Gents.

Disco, I think you pushed the wrong button!

 

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• Jul 17, 2012

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flatlander said:

Thanks for the help Gents.

Disco, I think you pushed the wrong button!

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Nah DAZ had spammed the forum with that quote of mine, so I replied to him and it's since been deleted, I will see if I can delete my post - making this seem even more odd!