Renewing crankshaft oil seal, belt pulley end — VW
Renewing crankshaft oil seal, belt pulley end on VW: 12 steps, engines CFNA, CFNB, CLPA, CLSA. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 612, 614
- Special tools named: 3415, T10117
- Renewed: o-ring of the bearing bush
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- Loosen pulley bolt. Hold pulley with counterhold tool3415 and 3415/1.
- Ensure that pulley contact surfaces, securing bolt, bearing bush and crankshaft chain sprocket are free of oil and grease.Always replace the O-ring of the bearing bush.
📋 Procedure
- Remove front right wheel housing liner General body repairs66Removing and installing wheel housing liner; Front wheel housing liner.
- Remove poly V-belt .
- Loosen pulley bolt. Hold pulley with counterhold tool3415 and 3415/1.
- Remove centre bolt and remove crankshaft pulley.
- Unscrew inner part of oil seal extractor3203 3 turns (approx. 5 mm) from the outer part and lock in position with the knurled screw.
- Lubricate threaded head of oil seal extractor, place it in position and, exerting firm pressure, screw it into oil seal as far as possible.
- Loosen knurled screw and turn inner part against crankshaft until the oil seal is pulled out.
- Remove bearing bush from crankshaft journal and clean contact surfaces of crankshaft chain sprocket and bearing bush. [Note: Ensure that pulley contact surfaces, securing bolt, bearing bush and crankshaft chain sprocket are free of oil and grease.Always replace the O-ring of the bearing bush.]
- Fit sleeve T10117 onto bush and slide oil seal onto bush.
- Remove sleeve T10117 from bush.
- Drive oil seal into timing casing as far as stop, using assembly tool T10117 and striking evenly.
- Install crankshaft belt pulley .
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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