A seal assembly (115, 250, 300) for sealing a fluid passageway (240, 30) from contaminants, the fluid passageway (240, 340) formed by a rotating shaft (110, 210, 310) entering an opening in a housing (120, 205, 305), the fluid passageway (240, 340) connecting an interior of the housing (120, 205, 305) and an exterior of the housing (120, 205,305), the seal assembly (115, 250, 300) comprising: a stationary member (215,317) surrounding the shaft (110, 210, 310) and affixed to the housing (120, 205, 305); a rotatable member (225, 327) secured to an adjacent portion of the shaft (110, 210, 310), the rotatable member (225, 327) and the stationary member (215, 317) forming at least a portion of the fluid passage (240, 340) connecting the interior of the housing (120, 205, 305) to the exterior of the housing (120, 205,305); a first sealing member (252, 352) disposed between the rotatable member (225, 327) and the stationary member (215, 317) and spaced apart from the shaft (110, 210, 310) and a second sealing member (254, 354) located between the shaft (110, 210, 310) and the stationary member (215, 317), the first sealing member (252, 352) having an inner diameter encircling the rotating shaft (110, 210, 310) and the second sealing member (254, 354) having an inner diameter encircling the rotating shaft (110, 210, 310), the first and second sealing members (252, 352, 254, 354) dividing the fluid passage (240, 340) into an interior section (246, 346) exposed to the interior of the housing (120, 205, 305), an open section (242, 342) exposed to the exterior, and a sealed section (244, 344) fluidly sealed between the interior section (246, 346) and the open section (242, 342), wherein the length of the inner diameter of the first sealing member (252, 352) is a different length of the inner diameter of the second sealing member (254, 354); and a sensor (260, 360) disposed within the sealed section, the sensor (260, 360) detecting the contaminants within the sealed section (244,344), the seal assembly characterized in that the second sealing member (254,354) contacts the shaft. a stationary member (215,317) surrounding the shaft (110, 210, 310) and affixed to the housing (120, 205, 305); a rotatable member (225, 327) secured to an adjacent portion of the shaft (110, 210, 310), the rotatable member (225, 327) and the stationary member (215, 317) forming at least a portion of the fluid passage (240, 340) connecting the interior of the housing (120, 205, 305) to the exterior of the housing (120, 205,305); a first sealing member (252, 352) disposed between the rotatable member (225, 327) and the stationary member (215, 317) and spaced apart from the shaft (110, 210, 310) and a second sealing member (254, 354) located between the shaft (110, 210, 310) and the stationary member (215, 317), the first sealing member (252, 352) having an inner diameter encircling the rotating shaft (110, 210, 310) and the second sealing member (254, 354) having an inner diameter encircling the rotating shaft (110, 210, 310), the first and second sealing members (252, 352, 254, 354) dividing the fluid passage (240, 340) into an interior section (246, 346) exposed to the interior of the housing (120, 205, 305), an open section (242, 342) exposed to the exterior, and a sealed section (244, 344) fluidly sealed between the interior section (246, 346) and the open section (242, 342), wherein the length of the inner diameter of the first sealing member (252, 352) is a different length of the inner diameter of the second sealing member (254, 354); and a sensor (260, 360) disposed within the sealed section, the sensor (260, 360) detecting the contaminants within the sealed section (244,344), the seal assembly characterized in that the second sealing member (254,354) contacts the shaft.