Rear Main (Crankshaft) seal

[SteveKen]

Just FYI, I can confirm that the Timken 716102 is the replacement seal for the rear main seal. It is listed in their catalog as the main seal replacement for most Audi's. The seal is actually approx 2mm narrower so I just split the difference when pressing it in. I got mine from Amazon for about $20 delivered, much cheaper than the whole assembly from Audi for list of $350 and only discounted down to about $250. You will need the gasket for the flange when re-installing which is 077103181H for about $13.
http://www.timken.com/EN-US/products...on_Catalog.pdf

I sent you a PM on this but will throw it out to the others here, too.

How did this Timken P/N work out for you? I've seen that the reviews of similar seals (not the exact Timken one) have bad reviews and leak immediately.

The felt gasket piece seems to be specific to the OME one, no?

Also, did you have to remove the RMS housing to replace this or did you do it with it in place? Do you have any pictures of yours leaking? Did it look like this?

[Aronis]

Flange was $297 from ECS tuning and the gasket for it was $14.

[SteveKen]

Flange was $297 from ECS tuning and the gasket for it was $14.

Since Bentley Publishers is in the stone ages with their software, do you happen to have the torque specs for this?

I think it's 10 Nm for the ones attaching from the back side (between the gasket) but I'm not sure what they are on the underside (between RTV).