92 1.ol crank seal

[idmetro]

I am in the process of changing the crankshaft seal on my 92 1.0l. I pulled the old seal and carefully installed the new one. My concern is the new one went in by hand (did not have to tap it into place; this seems way too easy even though it appears to fit) and sticks up slightly above the oil casting but below the lip of the crank; have others experienced this? Is this "normal" or did I get a seal that is just slightly "off" and I should trade it in?

[idmetro]

Update: Buttoned it all back up, ran it up to temp and all looked good. A spin around the area and no leaks appeared so I am optimistic. Still can't get over how easily the seal went into place (it was very cold outside ~20F so perhaps it shrank a bit easing the install).

[Metro Mighty Mouse]

Just did this procedure for the second time, (couldn't remember how it looked from the first time is why I didn't post a response). The seal should have been flush with the case. It should be tapped in the rest of the way until it is flush. The crank bolt won't seat the seal completely, I ended up using a screwdriver under the bolt to seat it all the way down. You might want to pull it back apart and reseat the seal all the way. I would suspect it will fail early like it is. Sorry I didn't have this information earlier.

[idmetro]

I did take a large socket and hammer to tap fairly vigorously on the seal but it did not go down any noticeable amount. I am accustomed to needing to tap a seal in place but not drive it in place so I stopped short of thumping on it. So far no leaks. The seal itself was below the lip on the crank but just slightly higher than the edge of the casting. In your experience how much force did you need to put into getting the seal to seat?

[Metro Mighty Mouse]

I was using the back side of a crescent wrench first and attempting to tap it in arround the edges but it kept popping out. I switched to a large socket and a hammer, was hitting it pretty solidly and arround 3/4 of it seated all the way in. I couldn't really get to the last little lip to hit it in so I bolted the crank gear on with a large screwdriver under it and then pried the seal in the last little bit. Of course your year engine may be different and it will probably hold for a lot of miles regardless. I would just expect it to fail early if it's not seated completely.

[Crvett69]

if i put one in and it was that loose i would stake it around the outside edges so it didn't come out. or put a little locktite on outside of the seal