Crankshaft Seal Retainer: Service and Repair

Rear Sealing Flange

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Hand drill with plastic brush attachment

• Protective eyewear

• Sealant, refer to the electronic parts catalog ETKA

Removing

• Transmission removed.

- Remove the dual-mass flywheel. Refer to => [ Dual Mass Flywheel ] Dual Mass Flywheel.

- Unhook the intermediate plate at sealing flange and at the alignment sleeves - arrows -.






- Remove the bolts - 1 through 8 -.






- Pull off the rear sealing flange.

Installing

• For the correct tightening specifications, refer to => [ Rear Sealing Flange and Dual-Mass Flywheel Overview ] Rear Sealing Flange and Dual-Mass Flywheel Overview.

• Place a rag over open part of oil pan.

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

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

- Cut tube nozzle at front marking (nozzle diameter: approximately 2 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 -.






Risk of plugging oil pump strainer with excess sealant.

• Do not apply sealant bead thicker than indicated.

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

- To install, push the sealing flange - 2 - together with the guide sleeve - 1 - (included with replacement part) onto the crankshaft.






- Then carefully push the sealing flange onto the locating pins on the cylinder block.

- Fasten the bolts in the specified order:

- Install bolts - 1 through 8 - and tighten by hand.






- Tighten bolts - 1 through 6 - in a diagonal sequence in stages.

- Tighten bolts - 7 through 8 -.

The rest of the installation is performed in reverse order of removal, noting the following:

- Hook in intermediate plate at sealing flange and push it onto the alignment sleeves - arrows -.






- Install dual-mass flywheel. Refer to => [ Dual Mass Flywheel ] Dual Mass Flywheel.