Oil Pump, Removing And Installing: Removing

-- Remove the transmission.

-- Remove the flywheel.

-- Remove the sealing flange on the transmission side. Refer to SEALING FLANGE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, TRANSMISSION SIDE .

-- Loosen chain sprocket bolt -arrow- approximately 1 turn. Counter hold at the vibration damper with the :T10172  when doing this.

Fig 1: Identifying Sprocket Bolt

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-- Turn the engine on the vibration damper to the adjusting markings.

Fig 2: Identifying Milled Drive Gear Tooth On Crankshaft Aligned With Crankshaft Bearing Cap Joint

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• Milled drive chain sprocket tooth must align with bearing joint -arrow A-.
• The marked hole -arrow B- must be aligned with the marking on the oil pump.

-- Mark the position of the timing chain to the oil pump chain sprockets with a water resistant marker.

-- Remove chain tensioner for camshaft timing chain -arrow-.

Fig 3: Chain Tensioner Bolt Camshaft Roller Chain

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-- Detach the chain tensioner with a 3 mm hex socket wrench -A-.

Fig 4: Hex Wrench

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-- Remove the tensioner for the oil pump drive chain -arrows-.

-- Remove the chain sprocket bolt and then remove the chain sprocket and timing chains from the oil pump.

Fig 5: Identifying Sprocket Bolt

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-- Remove the bolts from the oil pump -arrows-.

Fig 6: Identifying Mounting Bolts Of Oil Pump

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-- Remove the oil pump evenly from the retaining tabs -arrows-.

Fig 7: Identifying Oil Pump Retaining Tabs

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