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Gleo

Member Since: 01 Mar 2016
Location: Mayo
Posts: 43

MY15 Defender -18,000 Km - Crank shaft rear oil seal leak?

Had a look under my Defender last night before I bring it in for its first service and noted quite a bit of oil between the rear of the engine- gearbox interface - from the photo should I be worried this maybe the beginnings of a crank rear oil seal going as I had similar on my old 200tdi range rover and it was engine out for a fix.
Anyone else had issues with this on the 2.2 Puma at low mileage?

11th Aug 2016 12:03pm

psimpson7

Member Since: 20 Nov 2013
Location: Gold Coast, Qld.
Posts: 221

2014 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Loire Blue

Yes, I had 2 leaks very early on with our 2014 2.2

It had a new timing cover first, then a rear main seal at about 15000 km 2001 90 HT 6.0LS/6spdAuto.
2003 90 td5 soft top.
2014 90 XS SW 2.2.

11th Aug 2016 9:56pm

4wheeler

Member Since: 13 Apr 2010
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 87

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Chawton White

I noticed a crankshaft rear main seal leak on my 2013 2.2 at 13,000 km and had it replaced at the 20,000 km service. Just a gearbox out. No need to remove the engine. I had a Mazda BT 50 with the 3.2 engine and it had also developed a rear main seal leak at similar km before I swapped to the Defender. No further leak once repaired luckily.

12th Aug 2016 6:00am

Gleo

Member Since: 01 Mar 2016
Location: Mayo
Posts: 43

psimpson7 wrote:
Yes, I had 2 leaks very early on with our 2014 2.2

It had a new timing cover first, then a rear main seal at about 15000 km

What happened to the timing cover that it required a replacement so soon?

12th Aug 2016 7:44am

psimpson7

Member Since: 20 Nov 2013
Location: Gold Coast, Qld.
Posts: 221

Apparently it had a gap in the sealant 2001 90 HT 6.0LS/6spdAuto.
2003 90 td5 soft top.
2014 90 XS SW 2.2.

12th Aug 2016 7:53am

Tony_Hillerby

Member Since: 03 Feb 2008
Location: Inverurie
Posts: 36

2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 Landmark LE Santorini Black

Just had out 2014 2.2 in for its second service, the dealer noticed the rear crank seal was leaking when they changed the clutch. 20K miles on it

17th Aug 2016 6:50pm

Devon-Rover

Member Since: 22 Jan 2015
Location: South Devon
Posts: 916

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Aintree Green

Mine has done 17K and I noticed this whilst greasing the UJ's the other week. So it's booked into have it dealt with. And while they are in there I'm getting the backlash clunk-clonk (suspected output shaft) looked into as it'll be rude not too whilst they are in there.

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17th Aug 2016 7:09pm

Pablo0506

Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Darlington
Posts: 1

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Corris Grey

Hi

For what it is worth I had the exact same problem on mine on its first service at 8500 miles. Returned to main dealer and had it replaced under warranty.

23rd Aug 2016 11:06am

WhiskyJackR

Member Since: 25 Nov 2014
Location: Lizard
Posts: 159

Same on my November 30 2013 Defender. Replaced at first service, around 4,000 miles if memory serves! Any farther South and I'll need to trade the Defender in for a Landing Craft

24th Aug 2016 10:33pm

Gleo

Member Since: 01 Mar 2016
Location: Mayo
Posts: 43

Looks like my crank shaft rear oil seal is going again at 25,000km, having had it done last year under warranty at c18,000km. Water Ingress also an issue again coming in around the passenger side of the dashboard and rusting all over the left side fuse bar ledge.

5th Mar 2017 10:55pm

Gleo

Member Since: 01 Mar 2016
Location: Mayo
Posts: 43

Still ongoing - the crank shaft rear oil seal part 2

Still ongoing - 6 weeks in the workshop, 2nd crankshaft rear oil seal within 6,000km

4th May 2017 2:33pm

Morepower

Member Since: 08 Jan 2013
Location: Fife, Scotland
Posts: 630

Mine was weeping and was replaced under extended warranty... this has failed again and the trucks back in having another one fitted less than 1500 miles later....Hopefully this one will last a bit longer!!

Regards

Tim It doesn't matter how bad it is, It can always get worse...

2013 Bowler 110 (Sold)
2016 Bowler 90 Rally Spec (Sold)

4th May 2017 6:59pm

seaweed

Member Since: 28 Jul 2013
Location: Surfers Paradise Queensland
Posts: 19

Had 2013, 2014 and 2015 Defender 90's, each had crank shaft rear oil seal replaced. All leaked at exactly 3,500km. 2013 Defender replaced twice. Informed by dealer that it was a very rare problem. Cheers mmm

4th May 2017 9:40pm

YOLO110

Member Since: 14 Feb 2015
Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK
Posts: 1642

How unlucky can that be mate...

Sounds odd that 2 should fail on your MY13... would that not be indicative of something else, perhaps excessive crankshaft float putting more load on the seal?

YOLO... You Only Live Once...

6th May 2017 8:23pm

CaptainDan

Member Since: 14 Apr 2017
Location: Victoria
Posts: 53

2013 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Alaska White

I had a problem at 30k kms with my MY 13 - 130 the hand brake drum was full of oil and of course the hand brake did not work. Thought it might be a blown out put seal which was correct, when the LR techs stripped the handbrake they found a bend in the out put shaft which cause the seal to fail, I was told the bent shaft could only have happened during the original build. Fixed under warranty just a well.

23rd May 2017 12:13pm

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