Attractive Quality ndk oil seals Choosing Good Quality

Attractive Quality ndk oil seals Choosing Good Quality.This “how to” assumes you have some basic tools, and safety gear. Safety glasses should be worn at all times when working with tools and automotive fluids. Always use a hydraulic jack and safety stands when lifting or getting under a vehicle. If you are unsure on where to safety lift your vehicle, refer to its owners guide.  The writer of this how to assumes zero liability in how to use this guide, or any damages that may come from it to you, your property, or others and others property. If you are uncertain at any point, refer to a qualified automotive technician.Oil leaks, seals or gaskets – often contour up high dollar repairs that involve a huge mess like removing the engine or transmission to fix.  Thankfully the ABA is not a big oil leaker (unless you drive low, as you should, and scrape holes into the oil pan), but there is one major seal/gasket that fails and makes a huge mess – and if ignored will cause engine damage.Attractive Quality ndk oil seals Choosing Good Quality.A seal, is a device used to keep oil on one side, and dirt on the other, so a crankshaft – has a front main and a real main seal.  The crank spins, and the seal allows the crank to spin, keeping oil inside the engine.  A gasket does the same job – only a gasket does not have any moving parts – the gasket takes up the space between two parts – and fills in “the gap” that would occur if the two parts were not a *perfect* match.So really, this part that fails is a gasket – but its round and flexible so it gets called a “seal”.  I’m going to refer to it as a “cooler seal” from here on out.Attractive Quality ndk oil seals Choosing Good Quality.  Hopefully me fellow automotive word Nazis will approve – but *technically* its a gasket. Ok, enough of the semantics.So, VW in the MKIII model line decided to give the engine something a lot of other cars in its price range never had – a liquid cooled – oil cooler.  Oil gets hot – problem is, under hard driving, it can get *too hot* and cause a premature breakdown of the oil’s properties.  VWs fix for this was to install a device that allowed the oil to pass through a mini-radiator that was part of the cooling system (engine coolant).  Now I know what your thinking, coolant (engine) is hot, 190 deg F.  Well, under hard.. hard driving oil temps can push up to 250 deg F.  Do the math, pass hot oil into an area where it comes in “thermal” contact with the cooler coolant – and you can shave 60 degrees off your oil temperature.  On the picture to the right, you are looking at part 6.  That’s the seal we replace.Attractive Quality ndk oil seals Choosing Good Quality.Oil leaks are just nasty – oil when in contact with rubber coolant hoses breaks them down it also leaves stains on the driveway, and stinks up my drinking water.Ok – so what’s the problem?  Well, the problem is the seal – that is “rubber” and sits between the engine block’s mounting flange, and then the oil cooler – weakens over time and leaks.  This leak starts out slow – and almost forgettable until one day – when its cold out, and you are in a big hurry – late for a wedding – when you start the car – the seal blows out – spraying oil all over the ground, engine, radiator, you, your dog, and the moon.  Yea, its *that* much of a mess when it lets go.  Think super soaker on steroids filled with dirty old oil.  So, best get to it before it starts to blow apart.  And at $2, and not much more work then an oil change – its money and time well spent.  Do it now before your dog gets it.  Best of all, when you are done, pat yourself on the back – tell everyone you replaced a cooler seal – and they will think you are some type of automotive God.  It just sounds cool. Oh BTW – do this at your next oil change, yes – its a good idea.Attractive Quality ndk oil seals Choosing Good Quality.