Oil Pick Up/Strainer: Service and Repair

OIL PUMP SCREEN AND PICKUP TUBE

Removal and Installation

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. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist.
2. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
3. Remove the oil pan.

4. CAUTION: Only use hand tools to remove the oil pump screen and pickup tube.

Remove the bolts and the oil pump screen and pickup tube.
- To install, tighten to 12 Nm (9 lb-ft).

5. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
- Inspect the O-ring seal and install a new one if necessary.
- Lubricate the O-ring seal with clean engine oil.