Timing Cover: Service and Repair

Removal
1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. Remove both valve covers.
3. Remove the water pump.
4. Raise and support the vehicle.





5. Remove the bolts and position the power steering pump aside.





6. Remove the oil pan drain plug and drain the engine oil.





7. Remove the bolts.
8. Lower the vehicle.
9. Remove the crankshaft front seal.





10. Remove the bolt and the belt idler pulley.





11. Remove the bolts and stud bolts.





12. Remove the engine front cover from the front-cover-to-cylinder-block dowel.

Installation





1. NOTE: If the engine front cover is not secured within four minutes, the sealant must be removed and the sealing area cleaned with Metal Surface Cleaner F4AZ-19A536-RA or equivalent meeting Ford specification WSE-M513392-A. Allow to dry until there is no sign of wetness, or for four minutes, whichever is longer. Failure to follow this procedure can cause future oil leakage.

Apply silicone along the cylinder head-to-block surface and the oil pan-to-cylinder block surface.

Use Silicone Gasket and Sealant F7AZ-19554-EA or equivalent meeting Ford specification WSK-M2G343-A4.





2. Install the engine front cover on the front-cover-to-cylinder-block dowel and loosely install the bolts.





3. Tighten the front cover bolts and stud bolts in sequence in two stages.
Stage 1: Tighten fasteners 1 through 7 to 20-30 Nm ( 15 -22 ft. lbs.).
Stage 2: Tighten fasteners 6 through 15 to 40-55 Nm (29-40 ft. lbs.).











4. Position the belt idler pulley and install the bolt.

5. Install a new engine front cover front oil seal.
6. Raise and support the vehicle.





7. Loosely install the front oil pan bolts.





8. NOTE: Make sure to tighten the bolts in two stages.
Tighten the bolts in the sequence shown in two stages.
1 Tighten to 20 Nm (15 ft. lbs.).
2 Tighten an additional 60 degrees.





9. NOTE: The front lower hole in the power steering pump is not used.
Position the power steering pump and install the bolts.





10. Install the oil pan drain plug.
11. Lower the vehicle.
12. Install the valve covers.
13. Install the water pump.
14. Connect the battery ground cable.
15. Fill the engine with oil.
Use Ford Super Premium SAE 5W30 Motor Oil XO-5W30-QSP or equivalent meeting Ford specification WSS-M2C153-G.