Removal

Oil Pump

Special Tool(s):

CAUTION: During engine repair procedures, cleanliness is extremely important. Any foreign material, including any material created while cleaning gasket surfaces, that enters the oil passages, coolant passages or the oil pan can cause engine failure.

1. Remove the engine front cover.
2. Rotate the crankshaft clockwise and align the timing marks on the variable camshaft timing (VCT) assemblies as shown.





3. NOTE: The special tool will hold the camshafts in the top dead center position.

Install the special tool onto the flats of the LH camshafts.





4. NOTE: The special tool will hold the camshafts in the top dead center position.

Install the special tool onto the flats of the RH camshafts.





5. Remove the 3 bolts and the RH VCT housing.





6. Remove the 3 bolts and the LH VCT housing.





7. Remove and discard the VCT housing seals.





8. Remove the 2 bolts and the primary timing chain tensioner.





9. Remove the primary timing chain tensioner arm.





10. Remove the 2 bolts and the lower LH primary timing chain guide.





11. Remove the primary timing chain.





12. Remove the crankshaft timing chain sprocket.





13. Remove the 2 oil pump screen and pickup tube bolts.





14. Remove the 3 oil pump bolts.
^ Rotate the oil pump clockwise and separate the oil pump from the oil pump screen and pickup tube.
^ Remove the oil pump.
^ Discard the oil pump screen and pickup tube O-ring seal.