DanSquires
Well-Known Member
I had a ski come in for repairs this week, I thought I would share a quick video I took.
This is an 05 GTI LE RFI, customer issue is that it would hydrolock. Pull the plugs and oil would shoot out of the front cylinder. I knew this would be the issue, so I removed the engine and split the case.. making sure to not disturb the crank in the upper case so I could verify the issue, and shoot the video.
In this case, the front cylinder was the one that was hydrolocking, which is the seal that turned super easy in the video.
The fix is to clean it up, add 518 to the seal grooves, bolt it back together.
I don't think this is a well known issue, as I often see the comment "needs a new crank" when someone complains about leaking seals.. It's often not the case.
Sorry about the background noise, compressor kicked on just as I hit the record button
This is an 05 GTI LE RFI, customer issue is that it would hydrolock. Pull the plugs and oil would shoot out of the front cylinder. I knew this would be the issue, so I removed the engine and split the case.. making sure to not disturb the crank in the upper case so I could verify the issue, and shoot the video.
In this case, the front cylinder was the one that was hydrolocking, which is the seal that turned super easy in the video.
The fix is to clean it up, add 518 to the seal grooves, bolt it back together.
I don't think this is a well known issue, as I often see the comment "needs a new crank" when someone complains about leaking seals.. It's often not the case.
Sorry about the background noise, compressor kicked on just as I hit the record button