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. Release the fuel system pressure.
3. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
4. Remove the crankshaft front seal.
5. Disconnect the crankshaft position (CKP) sensor and pin-type retainer.
6. Remove the accessory drive belt tensioner and 2 idler pulleys.
7. Remove the LH and RH valve covers.
8. Remove the 3 bolts and position the power steering pump aside.
9. Remove the engine mount and bracket.
10. Remove the LH and RH camshaft position (CMP) sensors.
11. Disconnect the A/C compressor electrical connector and wiring harness retainer.
12. Disconnect the generator electrical connector.
13. Disconnect the oil pressure sender electrical connector and position the wiring harness aside.
14. Remove the stud bolt, the 2 bolts and position the generator aside.
15. Remove the 2 oil pan-to-front cover bolts.
16. Remove the 14 bolts, 2 stud bolts 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 lower cylinder block-to-oil pan joint.

Use a plastic scraping tool to remove all traces of sealant.
^ Clean all sealing surfaces with metal surface cleaner and install new gaskets.

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

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





3. NOTE: Fasteners 1 and 13 are stud bolts.

Position the engine front cover and install the 14 bolts and the 2 stud bolts.
^ Tighten in the sequence shown to 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.).





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

5. Remove the oil pan plug and drain the engine oil.
^ Install the plug and tighten to 26 Nm (19 ft. lbs.).

6. Install the generator, 2 bolts and the stud bolt.
^ Tighten to 48 Nm (35 ft. lbs.).

7. Connect the oil pressure sender electrical connector.
8. Connect the generator electrical connector.
9. Connect the A/C compressor electrical connector and wiring harness retainer.
10. Install the LH and RH CMP sensors.
11. Install the engine mount and bracket.
12. Install the power steering pump and the 3 bolts.
^ Tighten to 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.).

13. Install the LH and RH valve covers.

14. Install the accessory drive belt tensioner and 2 idler pulleys.
15. Connect the CKP sensor electrical connector and pin-type retainer.
16. Install the crankshaft front seal.
17. Fill the engine with clean engine oil.
18. Connect the battery ground cable.
19. Fill the power steering system.