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      08-23-2019, 07:14 PM   #2
Gizmo135i
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Drives: 135i n55
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Park Ridge NJ

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So there are two different style seals, a thick one and a skinny one like yours, they changed it at some point in I think 2012. The lip is supposed to point in towards the engine, the reason the white piece is installed backwards is because you’re supposed to slide it from there onto the installation special tool which bolts to the end of the crank, and then you press it from there into the engine.

I’ve never tried changing one without the tool, but be careful it is easy to damage the sealing surface or flip it inside out and it is hard to tell if you did once it is installed.
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