Removal & Disassembly
- To remove oil pump from 1.8L engine, drain engine oil and remove oil pump drive pulley nut and pulley. Remove 3 bolts and 1 nut holding pump to engine block. Remove oil pump. Remove 2 screws holding cover to pump body and separate.
- For all others, remove oil pan and oil pump assembly from engine. Remove bolts securing pump cover to pump body.
- Before removing pump cover, note oil pumps on some models equipped with automatic transaxle have 2 sets of pump rotors. On all models, mark installed position(s) of rotors to ensure installation in their original rotor-to-rotor relation.
- Disassemble oil pump. To remove relief valve and related components, remove cotter pin from pump cover (or relief valve body). See Fig 1
.NOTE: 1.3L & 1.5L are similar to manual transaxle type.NOTE: Front-mounted pump is operated by timing belt.