Re: [Tech] I be smellin' dat good ol' gear oil....

[thescirocco@juno.com]

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 18:14:08 -0500 "RoccoPhil" <roccophil@mindspring.com>
writes:
> Yup.  As I sit in my 87 rocco 8v, I can smell the gear oil as I drive 
> this thing.  Obviously it's nasty.  Could only be beat by a bad cat 
> reaking up the interior (or one of those day-after-big-party beer
farts, I 
> guess).
> 
> Anyhoo..  I looked at the tranny case (9A, btw) and can find no 
> signs of SMS.  Of course, the 166k drive flange seals are leaking
pretty 
> badly.  My guess is it's those.  Anyone else want to hazard a guess
here?
> 
> -PK

You got it! 

It is your flange seals...

I can get them for $10 each.

Peter
'79 Scirocco 16V project car
'83 GTI "Caged Rabbit" 
'84 Scirocco, RD/FF
'80, '88 Scirocco rollers

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