Oil Pump: Service and Repair

Gasket - Oil Pump

Service Repair No - 12.60.25

Remove
1. Disconnect battery earth lead.
2. Drain engine oil.
3. Remove camshaft timing belt.





4. Remove crankshaft gear.
5. Disconnect multiplug from oil pressure switch.
6. Loosen and remove oil cooler pipe unions from oil filter housing, remove and discard 2 '0' rings.
7. Using strap wrench, remove and discard oil filter.
8. Remove and discard 16 bolts securing oil pump to cylinder block.
9. Release oil pump from locating dowels and remove oil pump.
10. Remove and discard oil pump gasket.
11. Remove and discard crankshaft front oil seal from oil pump housing.

Refit
1. Using a lint free cloth and a suitable cleaning solvent, clean oil pump and mating face on cylinder block.
2. Using a lint free cloth, thoroughly clean oil seal recess in oil pump and running surface on crankshaft.
3. Fit new oil pump gasket, dry, to cylinder block.
4. Fit oil seal guide, from seal kit, over end of crankshaft.





5. Position oil pump, aligning flats on oil pump drive to flats on crankshaft. Fit new Patchlok bolts and tighten progressively in sequence illustrated to 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.).





6. Position new seal on crankshaft up against oil pump housing. Drift seal into place using tool LRT-12-202.
7. Remove oil seal guide from crankshaft.
8. Connect multiplug to oil pressure switch.
9. Lubricate oil filter sealing ring with clean engine oil.
10. Fit oil filter and tighten by hand until it seats then tighten a further half turn.
11. Lubricate new 'O' rings with clean engine oil and fit to oil cooler pipe unions.
12. Connect oil cooler pipes to oil filter housing and tighten unions to 26 Nm (19 ft. lbs.).
13. Clean crankshaft gear and wipe end of crankshaft.
14. Fit crankshaft gear.
15. Fit camshaft timing belt.
16. Fill engine with oil.
17. Connect battery earth lead.