Timing Cover: Service and Repair

Engine Front Cover

Material:

Removal

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 crankshaft front seal.
4. Remove the LH and RH valve covers.
5. Remove the bolt and the accessory drive belt tensioner.
6. Remove the 3 power steering pump nuts and position the power steering pump and fluid reservoir aside.
7. Disconnect the crankshaft position (CKP) sensor electrical connector.
8. Disconnect the camshaft position (CMP) sensor electrical connector.
9. Remove the 2 generator-to-engine front cover stud nuts.
10. Remove the 2 generator-to-engine front cover studs.
11. Remove the 3 pin-type retainers and the radiator splash shield.
12. Remove the 2 A/C compressor bolts and the 2 A/C compressor nuts.
^ Support the A/C compressor with mechanic's wire.
13. Remove the 2 A/C compressor bracket-to-engine front cover bolts.
14. Remove the nut and detach the ground wire from the engine front cover stud bolt.
15. Remove the 2 oil pan-to-front cover bolts.





16. Remove the 15 bolts, stud bolt and the engine front cover.
^ Remove and discard the gaskets.

Installation

1. CAUTION: Do not use metal scrapers, wire brushes, power abrasive discs or other abrasive means to clean the sealing surfaces. These tools cause scratches and gouges which make leak paths.

CAUTION: Do not damage the oil pan gasket while cleaning the sealant from the cylinder block-to-oil pan joint.

Use a plastic scraping tool to remove all traces of sealant.
^ Clean all sealing surfaces with silicone gasket remover and metal surface prep.

2. NOTE: Install 3 new gaskets in the front cover.

NOTE: The engine front cover must be installed and the bolts tightened within 4 minutes of applying sealant.

Apply a 6 mm (0.23 in) diameter dot of silicone gasket and sealer to the cylinder block, lower cylinder block, cylinder head and oil pan mating surfaces.





3. Position the engine front cover and install the 15 bolts and stud bolt.
^ Tighten in the sequence shown to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft).





4. Install the 2 oil pan-to-front cover bolts.
^ Tighten to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft).





5. Remove the oil pan plug and drain the engine oil.
^ Install the plug and tighten to 26 Nm (19 lb-ft).
6. Attach the ground wire to the engine front cover stud bolt and install the nut.
^ Tighten to 20 Nm (15 lb-ft).
7. Install the 2 A/C compressor bracket-to-engine front cover bolts.
^ Tighten to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft).
8. Position the A/C compressor and install the 2 bolts and 2 nuts.
^ Tighten to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft).
9. Position the radiator splash shield and install the 3 pin-type retainers.
10. Install the 2 generator-to-engine front cover studs.
^ Tighten to 8 Nm (71 lb-in).
11. Install the 2 generator-to-engine front cover stud nuts.
^ Tighten to 48 Nm (35 lb-ft).
12. Connect the camshaft position (CMP) sensor electrical connector.
13. Connect the crankshaft position (CKP) sensor electrical connector.
14. Position the power steering pump and fluid reservoir. Install the 3 power steering pump nuts.
^ Tighten to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft).
15. Install the accessory drive belt tensioner and the bolt.
^ Tighten to 45 Nm (33 lb-ft).
16. Install the LH and RH valve covers.
17. Install the crankshaft front seal.
18. Fill the engine with clean engine oil.
19. Connect the battery ground cable.