Front Sealing Flange, Removing and Installing
Front sealing flange, removing and installing
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
^ Sealant
Removing
^ Engine installed
^ Remove screw -1- and remove cover over coolant expansion tank (arrow).
Note: Before removing the poly V-belt, mark the direction of rotation on the belt with chalk or a felt-tipped pen. A reversed rotation direction can cause the belt to be damaged in operation.
^ To release tension of poly V-belt, screw an M8 x 40 bolt (arrow) into bore on tensioning element.
^ Remove poly V-belt from Generator pulley.
^ Remove fasteners -1...3- and center sound insulation.
^ Remove right sound insulation (arrows).
^ Remove poly V-belt from pulley for vibration damper.
^ Remove bolt from vibration damper using counter-hold T10069.
^ Remove bolts -1...11-.
^ Pry off and remove front sealing flange.
^ Drive seal out of removed flange.
Installing
Installation is performed in the reverse order of removal. Note the following:
Note: Place a rag over the open portion of the oil sump
WARNING: Wear safety glasses.
^ Remove residual sealant from sealing flange with a rotating plastic brush.
^ Clean sealing surfaces. They must be free of oil and grease.
^ Cut off nozzle on tube of sealant at front mark (diameter of nozzle
^ Apply a thin bead of sealant to edge between cylinder block and oil
^ Lightly coat lower sealing surface of sealing flange with sealant (shaded area).
^ Apply a thin bead of sealant (arrow) to clean sealing surface of sealing flange, as shown in illustration.
^ Thickness of sealant bead (arrow): 2 to 3 mm
Note:
^ The sealant bead may not be thicker than 2 to 3 mm. If thicker, the excess sealant could enter the oil sump and clog the oil intake tube.
^ The sealing flange must be installed within 5 minutes of applying the sealant.
^ Carefully push sealing flange onto locating pins on cylinder block.
Note: To install the sealing flange with an installed seal, use guide sleeve T10053/1.
^ Fasten bolts in specified order:
^ Fasten bolts -1...6-.
^ Fasten bolts -7...16-.
^ Install crankshaft seal for vibration damper side.
^ Install vibration damper with new bolt.
^ Install poly V-belt
Tightening torque