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Tom Wesenberg · 08-15-2016, 02:11 AM

Are you talking a rope seal, as original?
Or, did you buy the one piece seal?

I like the original rope seal, but if you have the one piece, the open side faces the rear of the engine. Be sure to smear grease on the lip of the seal. The seal also needs to be locked in place with silicone, as I understand it, so that must be done just as the oil pan is ready to be bolted in place.

If it's a rope seal, I never soak them in oil, but squirt oil on after it's installed in the slot, and I also smear grease on the rubbing surface.

08-15-2016, 02:11 AM	#3
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Front Crank Seal Direction Are you talking a rope seal, as original? Or, did you buy the one piece seal? I like the original rope seal, but if you have the one piece, the open side faces the rear of the engine. Be sure to smear grease on the lip of the seal. The seal also needs to be locked in place with silicone, as I understand it, so that must be done just as the oil pan is ready to be bolted in place. If it's a rope seal, I never soak them in oil, but squirt oil on after it's installed in the slot, and I also smear grease on the rubbing surface.