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Ian67912 Ian67912 is offline
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: North East England
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Unhappy A sad tale

As you are all probably aware the heater is not the 912's best feature. I bought an electic heater to supplement mine. It arrived the day that I was due to do a 500 mile round trip. I'd try it out, what's the worst that could happen, it'll only blow a fuse. WRONG!! It blew the dynamo up.
Anyway to cut a long story short I had to leave the car at a garage and get the train home, 150 miles. I collected the car two weeks later complete with replacment dynamo and regulator.Total bill was about £250, which I did not think was too bad, but I suppose I could have bought a nice warm coat instead.
When I got home the engine was covered in a very fine oily film. Due to the timing case oil seal leaking, probably due to re-adjusted fan belt. So, any tips on replacing the seal, can it be done in situ or does the engine have to come out?
Cheers Ian.
Old 04-25-2002, 08:14 AM
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