Engine Block Skirt Stiffener

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Special Tool(s) / General Equipment

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Floor Crane
Mounting Stand

NOTE: 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.

NOTE: This procedure assumes that the engine was removed using the recommended body off engine removal procedure. If it was necessary to remove the engine using the alternate body on engine removal procedure, some of the components in this procedure will have already been removed.

Remove the engine from the vehicle. Refer to: Engine - Body Off . Refer to: Engine - Body On .
Remove the bolts and the flexplate. Discard the bolts.

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NOTE: Install the engine stand bolts into the cylinder block only. Do not install the bolts into the engine block skirt stiffener.

Using a floor crane, install the engine on a mounting stand. Use the General Equipment: Floor Crane. Use the General Equipment: Mounting Stand

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Remove the floor crane and service tool. Use Special Service Tool: 303-1681 Spreader Bar. Use the General Equipment: Floor Crane

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Remove the bolt for the coolant tube.

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Disconnect the coolant hose. Remove the nut for the coolant hose bracket.

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Remove the nut and the coolant tube.

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Disconnect the A/C electrical connectors and the wire retainer.

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Remove the nuts, disconnect the wire harness retainer and remove the battery cable harness.

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Remove the bolts and the turbocharger oil return tube. Discard the turbocharger oil return tube.

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Remove the bolts and the A/C compressor.

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Remove the bolts and the accessory drive belt tensioner.

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Remove the bolts and the A/C mounting bracket.

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Disconnect the wire retainers from the oil level indicator.

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NOTE: Exhaust crossover pipe removed for clarity.

Remove the nut, the bolt and the heat shield.

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Disconnect the wire retainers from the oil level indicator tube.

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Remove the oil level indicator.

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Remove the stud bolt, bolt and the oil level indicator.

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Remove the bolts and the oil pan.

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Clean and prepare the RTV sealing surface. Refer to: RTV Sealing Surface Cleaning and Preparation .
Remove the bolts and the engine block skirt stiffener.

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Remove and discard the engine block stiffener gasket.

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Remove the engine block skirt stiffener alignment dowels.

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Clean and prepare the RTV sealing surface. Refer to: RTV Sealing Surface Cleaning and Preparation .