Timing Cover: Service and Repair

Gasket - Timing Gear Cover

Service Repair No - 12.65.04

Remove

1. Remove oil pick-up strainer. Please refer to: Vehicle/ Engine, Cooling and Exhaust/ Engine/ Engine Lubrication/ Oil Pick Up/Strainer/ Service and Repair/ Service and Repair
2. Remove timing gear cover oil seal.
3. Remove engine oil filter.





4. Remove and discard 3 bolts securing coolant pump pulley and remove pulley.





5. Remove 3 bolts securing Power Assisted Steering (PAS) pump pulley and remove pulley.
6. Drain cooling system.





7. Release clip and disconnect coolant hose from coolant pump.





8. Disconnect Lucar from oil pressure switch.
9. Disconnect multiplug from CMP sensor.
10. Loosen union and disconnect oil cooler pipe from timing gear cover. Remove and discard 'O' ring.

CAUTION: Always fit plugs to open connections to prevent contamination.





11. Remove 9 bolts securing timing gear cover and remove cover. Remove and discard gasket.

Refit

1. Clean mating faces of timing gear cover and cylinder block. Clean dowels and dowel holes.
2. Fit new gasket, dry, to dowels in cylinder block.





3. Position tool LRT-12-090 on timing cover and oil pump drive gear.
4. Position timing cover to cylinder block and at the same time, rotate tool LRT-12-090 until drive gear keyway is aligned with the woodruff keyway.
5. Remove tool LRT-12-090





6. Apply sealant, Part Number STC 50552 to threads of timing cover bolts, fit bolts and working in sequence the sequence illustrated, tighten to 22 NM (17 lbf.ft). Ensure the camshaft position sensor (CMP) multiplug bracket is secured by the bolt
7. Fit new 'O' ring to oil cooler pipe, connect pipe to timing gear cover and tighten union to 15 Nm (11 ft. lbs.).
8. Connect Lucar to oil pressure switch.
9. Connect multiplug to CMP sensor.
10. Connect coolant hose to coolant pump and secure with clip.
11. Ensure mating faces of PAS pump pulley and drive flange are clean, fit pulley and tighten bolts to 22 Nm (16 ft. lbs.).
12. Remove all traces of thread locking material from coolant pump pulley drive flange bolt holes using an M8 tap.
13. Ensure mating faces of coolant pump pulley and drive flange are clean, fit pulley and tighten new Patchlok bolts to 22 Nm (16 ft. lbs.).
14. Ensure mating faces of oil filter and adaptor are clean, smear clean engine oil onto seal and fit filter.
15. Fit timing gear cover oil seal.
16. Fit oil pick-up strainer.
17. Refill cooling system.