Front Engine Plate: Service and Repair

Sealing Flange, Belt Pulley Side

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Locking Pin (T10060 A)

• Counter-Holder Tool (T10069)

• Assembly Tool (T10215) for vehicles from 11.2005

• Hand drill with plastic brush attachment

• Protective eyewear

• Sealant

Removing

• Engine installed.

• Before removing the ribbed belt, mark the turning direction on it with chalk or a felt tip pen. A reversed direction of rotation can cause damage to the belt under operating conditions.

- Swing tensioning device in direction of - arrow - to relieve tension on the ribbed belt and then lock it in place using the (T10060 A).





- Remove center noise insulation fasteners - 1 to 3 -.





- Remove right noise insulation fasteners - 1 to 3 -.





- Remove the ribbed belt from the vibration damper belt drive pulley.

- Remove bolt from vibration damper, thereby using (T10069) to counter-hold.





- Remove bolts - 1 to 11 -.





- Pry off and remove front sealing flange.

- Drive out the seal from the removed flange.

Installing

• Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Ribbed Belt Drive Component Overview ] Ribbed Belt Drive Component Overview

Installation is in the reverse order of removal, note the following:

• Place a rag over open section of oil pan.

- Carefully remove any sealant residue from the cylinder block and oil pan.


Risk of eye injury.

• Wear safety glasses.

- Remove sealant residue from sealing flange for example with a rotating plastic brush.





- Clean the sealing surfaces, they must be free of oil and grease.

- Cut tube nozzle at front marking (nozzle dia. approximately 3 mm).





- Apply a thin bead of sealant to the edge between cylinder block and oil pan - arrow -.





- Lightly coat the lower sealing surface of the sealing flange with sealant - shaded area -.





- Apply a thin bead of sealant - arrow - to the clean sealing surface of the sealing flange, as shown in the illustration.





• Thickness of sealant bead - arrow -: 2 to 3 mm.

• The sealant bead may not be thicker than 3 mm, otherwise excess sealant could enter the oil pan and clog the oil intake tube.

• The sealing flange must be installed within 5 minutes of being applied with sealant.

Vehicles through 11.2004:

- Carefully slide sealing flange onto reamed bolt at cylinder block.

• To install the sealing flange with installed seal, use the (T10053/1).

Vehicles from 11.2004:

- Carefully slide sealing flange onto guide pins - arrows - on cylinder block using (T10215).





All Vehicles

- Tighten bolts in 3 stages as follows:










Vehicles through 11.2004:

- Install the crankshaft seal belt pulley side. Refer to => [ Crank Shaft Sealing Ring, Belt Pulley Side, Vehicles up to 11.2004 ] Service and Repair.

All Vehicles

- Install vibration damper with new bolt. Refer to => [ Vibration Damper ] Service and Repair.

- Install ribbed belt. Refer to => [ Ribbed Belt ] Ribbed Belt.