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  • Drive Shaft Seal Life?

    From Brian@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 26 07:32:46 2024
    During the 3 year service of Senior Management’s Aygo ( which has done
    about 9000 mile from new), the dealer spotted a leaking drive shaft oil
    seal.

    ( The car had its first MOT a just under month early a month ago, it wasn’t mentioned. I always get MOTs done early, plus we’ve been away between
    times.)


    The seal is being replaced under warranty.


    However, 3 years / 9000 miles seems a very short life. I don’t recall
    ever have had a seal fail in the past, even at far higher mileages. Have I
    been lucky?

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to Brian on Thu Sep 26 09:34:17 2024
    On 26/09/2024 08:32, Brian wrote:

    During the 3 year service of Senior Management’s Aygo ( which has done about 9000 mile from new), the dealer spotted a leaking drive shaft oil
    seal.

    ( The car had its first MOT a just under month early a month ago, it wasn’t mentioned. I always get MOTs done early, plus we’ve been away between times.)


    The seal is being replaced under warranty.


    However, 3 years / 9000 miles seems a very short life. I don’t recall ever have had a seal fail in the past, even at far higher mileages. Have I been lucky?




    It may depend on how many potholes that the car has found :(




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  • From John Henderson@21:1/5 to Brian on Fri Sep 27 07:15:56 2024
    Brian wrote:

    However, 3 years / 9000 miles seems a very short life. I don?t recall
    ever have had a seal fail in the past, even at far higher mileages. Have I been lucky?

    Just unlucky to have the leak.

    The VW Transporter I bought new in 1996 had the crankshaft oil seal fail at
    a very low mileage, and replaced under warranty.

    At over 300,000 km and still going, there's been no further trouble there.

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  • From Brian@21:1/5 to junk@admac.myzen.co.uk on Sat Sep 28 06:19:10 2024
    alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    On 26/09/2024 08:32, Brian wrote:

    During the 3 year service of Senior Management’s Aygo ( which has done
    about 9000 mile from new), the dealer spotted a leaking drive shaft oil
    seal.

    ( The car had its first MOT a just under month early a month ago, it wasn’t
    mentioned. I always get MOTs done early, plus we’ve been away between
    times.)


    The seal is being replaced under warranty.


    However, 3 years / 9000 miles seems a very short life. I don’t recall
    ever have had a seal fail in the past, even at far higher mileages. Have I >> been lucky?




    It may depend on how many potholes that the car has found :(



    I’d not considered that, although Kent roads are pretty grim 😀

    Seriously, the car is used as a run about and we tow it on a trailer behind
    a motorhome. It has a pretty easy life.

    While we didn’t pay for the repay, the cost was on the paperwork we got. £289.

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  • From Brian@21:1/5 to John Henderson on Sat Sep 28 06:35:10 2024
    John Henderson <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    Brian wrote:

    However, 3 years / 9000 miles seems a very short life. I don?t recall
    ever have had a seal fail in the past, even at far higher mileages. Have I >> been lucky?

    Just unlucky to have the leak.

    The VW Transporter I bought new in 1996 had the crankshaft oil seal fail at
    a very low mileage, and replaced under warranty.

    At over 300,000 km and still going, there's been no further trouble there.



    That is what I’d expect - virtually ‘the life of the vehicle’.

    In the past, I’ve tended to keep cars for a long time and never known one fail.

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