Nissan parts V Copy parts

Rear crank oil seal

The genuine only parts debate is one that we see proven daily as correct, not least with gaskets and seals.

One area we deal with often is rear crank seal, as the gearbox requires removal for this it is often outside many owners abilities by virtue of lack of facilities etc. Lately we have seen a trend with new or nearly new seals leaking and in almost all cases these are non genuine parts.

Not often we have time to photo this particular issue but an opportunity came up today and you can see in the pictures below the different shape and size between non and genuine crank seals.

What you cannot see is the feel of the materials used on the non genuine seal, very weak in comparison to the Nissan part and not of good quality. There are full engine gaskets sets available on ebay and they are made of the same stuff, these kits are sometime less than £50 for a full engine set and in comparison to £250 for a genuine set its easy to see why these sets look attractive but in the long term they are not good value for money and could potentially end up costing more than using the genuine parts in the first place.

Jeff TT