[dchia]

Does anyone around the Dallas/Ft. Worth area have a crank seal tool for an N54 they are willing to loan/sell? Would like to go the DIY route on this job. Thanks!

[kylerwinters]

Call all of the Euro shops near you. I've rented the tool from a euro shop near me. It was about 60 bucks to rent it. Or they even have the tool on eBay for about $200.
Why did your Belt break in the first place? There's no point in renting the tool if it's just going to keep breaking on you. I didn't address the root problem of why my belt was breaking so I ended up having to replace the belt three times. I could have just purchased the tool for that price.

[dchia]

Originally Posted by kylerwinters

Call all of the Euro shops near you. I've rented the tool from a euro shop near me. It was about 60 bucks to rent it. Or they even have the tool on eBay for about $200.
Why did your Belt break in the first place? There's no point in renting the tool if it's just going to keep breaking on you. I didn't address the root problem of why my belt was breaking so I ended up having to replace the belt three times. I could have just purchased the tool for that price.

Turns out it was an oil filter housing gasket leak that my friend misdiagnosed it as a crank seal, which I had a feeling was the case. All is well and squared away. Thanks for chiming in, I'll definitely keep that in mind for future reference!

[slinkygn]

Originally Posted by dchia

Turns out it was an oil filter housing gasket leak that my friend misdiagnosed it as a crank seal, which I had a feeling was the case. All is well and squared away. Thanks for chiming in, I'll definitely keep that in mind for future reference!

I had an oil filter housing leak which caused the belt to break too... *and* I had to replace my crank seal, because when the belt breaks it tends to get pulled in by the spindle and ends up damaging the crank seal.

So, hope you're right and you solved it with just the OFH gasket... but if not, and you end up needing that seal tool, drop me a line.