L24 crank seal question

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05-26-2001 | 05:46 PM

rusty

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L24 crank seal question

My L24 is leaking oil past the crank seal that goes in the timing chain cover. Is it possible to change the seal w/o removing the timing chain cover?
The seal does go in from the front of the cover. My thought is if I remove the balancer and radiator I can access the seal and save myself some headaches. Any thoughts out there?

05-27-2001 | 07:18 PM

240z

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Re: L24 crank seal question

Hey Rusty! I believe I know what your talking about it's a little ring called a oil thrower according to the haynes manual. When I had to remove my timming cover because of a snapped bolt for the water pump

. I found that my oil thrower had been bent pretty bad so I thought I'd get myself another one and I'm glad I did now. The only way you can get it on is to remove the timming cover I believe good luck and get new gaskets just a tip.

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05-28-2001 | 09:39 AM

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Re: L24 crank seal question

Hi Rusty, yes you can replace the rubber seal without removing the timing chain cover. Be careful not to damage the end of the crank or the aluminum timing cover when you are prying out the old seal.

06-09-2001 | 07:02 AM