Timing Cover: Service and Repair

Engine Front Cover





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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 oil pan.
4. Remove the crankshaft front seal.
5. Remove the generator.
6. Remove the LH and RH valve covers.
7. Remove the engine support insulator.
8. Remove the bolt and the accessory drive belt tensioner.
9. Remove the bolt and the idler pulley.
10. Remove the nut and position the heated oxygen sensor (HO2S) electrical connector bracket aside.
11. Disconnect the crankshaft position (CKP) sensor electrical connector.
12. Disconnect the camshaft position (CMP) sensor electrical connector.
13. Remove the nut and the power steering pump pulley.

14. NOTE: The bolt positioned behind the power steering pressure tube will remain in the pump housing.

Remove the power steering pump bolts and position the power steering pump aside.
15. Remove the 12 bolts, 4 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.

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





2. NOTE: The engine front cover must be installed and the bolts tightened within four 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 and cylinder head mating surfaces.





3. NOTE: Fasteners 1, 8, 13 and 16 are stud bolts.

Position the engine front cover and install the bolts.
^ Tighten in the sequence shown to 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.).
4. Position the power steering pump and install the bolts.
^ Tighten to 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.).
5. Install the power steering pump pulley and the nut.
^ Tighten to 49 Nm (36 ft. lbs.).
6. Connect the CMP electrical connector.
7. Connect the CKP electrical connector.
8. Position the HO2S bracket and install the nut.
^ Tighten to 10 Nm (89 inch lbs.).
9. Install the idler pulley and the bolt.
^ Tighten to 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.).
10. Install the accessory drive belt tensioner and the bolt.
^ To install, tighten to 45 Nm (33 ft. lbs.).
11. Install the engine support insulator.
12. Install the LH and RH valve covers.
13. Install the generator.
14. Install the crankshaft front seal.
15. Install the oil pan.
16. Connect the battery ground cable.