Driver's side engine tin rubber seal, Replace with motor in car? Options

[boxsterfan]

My driver's side engine tin rubber seal is all beat and missing part of the "v" section (or lip) that is supposed to interlatch with the tin.

Can these be replaced with motor in the car? If so, how much cursing is involved?

Also, anyone have a good used driver's side engine tin rubber seal they want to get rid of?

[Dave_Darling]

You can pull the old seal out fairly easily with the engine in the way. Putting the new one in would be difficult, but I think it would be possible.

The seal is held in by a C-shaped channel. The seal section is something like half an H where it goes into the channel. You could, with an extra pair of hands, slide the new seal up from underneath, and hook the lower leg of the H into the bottom of the C. Then from the top, you use a screwdriver to lever the top leg of the H into the top of the C. Tedious and fussy, but possibly doable.

Note that you will probably have to trim the seal to length first. If the engine is out, you can do that a lot more easily.

I don't think your problem is caused by this seal, but it is possible. Unless yours is missing completely, I don't believe there would be much air coming back up through there.

--DD