Oldseadog
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That sounds like your front crank oil seal has a bit of a leak and could possibly do with replacing ... big-ish job, or if it ain't too bad, just keep an eye on yer oil levels. 
Replacing it means a front end strip down, and you will have to remove the timing chain and wheel from the crank.
Once that is off, simply prise the old seal out and replace with the new one ensuring that it sits approximately 0.5mm below the housing face.
Replacing it means a front end strip down, and you will have to remove the timing chain and wheel from the crank.
Once that is off, simply prise the old seal out and replace with the new one ensuring that it sits approximately 0.5mm below the housing face.
timtheenchanteruk
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surely you mean timing belt....
not really much of a front end strip, fan off, a dozen or so bolts on the timing cover, release bolt, belt off, pull crank pulley off (this may be the hard bit).
not really much of a front end strip, fan off, a dozen or so bolts on the timing cover, release bolt, belt off, pull crank pulley off (this may be the hard bit).
If it's got teefs across it it's a chain. and it it ain't it ain't!
Belts doesn't have teefs!
Belts can have teefs
timtheenchanteruk
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my cam belt most definitely has teefs
chains goes on sprockets, belts goes on pulleys
chains goes on sprockets, belts goes on pulleys
Oldseadog
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An a pulley wiv teefs is a spocket!
So a timing chain, beit simplex, duplex triplex or rubber has teefs wot locates it onto the right bits of the sprockets and makes it all work ...
However, belts does not have teefs otherwise they would be chains, coz chains do have teefs, which is why belts wiv no teefs have to go on pulleys wot also have no teefs!
Simple innit!!
So a timing chain, beit simplex, duplex triplex or rubber has teefs wot locates it onto the right bits of the sprockets and makes it all work ...
However, belts does not have teefs otherwise they would be chains, coz chains do have teefs, which is why belts wiv no teefs have to go on pulleys wot also have no teefs!
Simple innit!!
zeaphod
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I paid £230 last October to have the seal changed on my 2.5 NA, by my local indie specialist. The seal and belt don't cost much, it's mostly labour.
