Oil Pump: Installation
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All vehicles
- 1.
Prime the oil pump. Add 2 tablespoons of clean engine oil to the oil pump and rotate the oil pump by hand.
- 3.
Using a new O-ring seal, install the oil pump screen and pickup tube and the bolts.- Tighten to 10 Nm (89 lb-in).
- 4.NOTE: Failure to use Motorcraft ® High Performance Engine RTV Silicone may cause the engine oil to foam excessively and result in serious engine damage.NOTE: The oil pan and the 4 specified bolts must be installed and the oil pan aligned to the cylinder block within 4 minutes of sealant application. Final tightening of the oil pan bolts must be carried out within 60 minutes of sealant application.
Apply a 3 mm (0.11 in) bead of Motorcraft ® High Performance Engine RTV Silicone to the sealing surface of the oil pan-to-engine block and to the oil pan-to-engine front cover mating surface.
- 5.
Apply a 5.5 mm (0.21 in) bead of Motorcraft ® High Performance Engine RTV Silicone to the 2 crankshaft seal retainer plate-to-cylinder block joint areas on the sealing surface of the oil pan.
- 6.NOTE: The oil pan and the 4 specified bolts must be installed within 4 minutes of the start of sealant application.NOTE: Keep the oil pan as close as possible to the transmission while installing, then slide forward towards the engine front cover to prevent wiping off of the sealant.
Install the bolts finger tight.
- 10.
Install the remaining oil pan bolts. Tighten in 3 stages in the sequence shown.- Stage 1: Tighten bolts 1-9 and 11-14 to 20 Nm (177 lb-in), then rotate an additional 45 degrees.
- Stage 1: Tighten bolts 15 and 16 to 10 Nm (89 lb-in), then rotate an additional 45 degrees.
- Stage 1: Tighten bolt 10 to 20 Nm (177 lb-in), then rotate an additional 90 degrees.
All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles
- 13.NOTE: Use care when positioning the front axle housing, or the vacuum lines to the axle solenoid may become disconnected or damaged.
Raise the front axle carrier into position.
All vehicles
- 17.
Install the starter motor. Refer to: Starting System .
- 19.
Install a new engine oil filter.- 1.
Stage 1: Tighten to 44 lb.in (5 Nm)
- 2.
Stage 2: Tighten an additional 180 °
- 1.
- 21.NOTE: It may be necessary to rotate the camshafts slightly, to align the timing marks.
Install the primary timing chain with the colored links aligned with the timing marks on the VCT assemblies and the crankshaft sprocket.
- 24.
Reset the primary timing chain tensioner.- 1.
Release the ratchet detent.
- 2.
Using a soft-jawed vise, compress the ratchet plunger.
- 3.
Align the hole in the ratchet plunger with the hole in the tensioner housing and install a suitable lockpin.
- 1.
- 25.NOTE: It may be necessary to rotate the camshafts slightly to remove slack from the timing chain to install the tensioner.
Install the primary timing chain tensioner and the bolts.
- Tighten to 10 Nm (89 lb-in).
- Remove the lockpin.
- 26.
As a post-check, verify correct alignment of all timing marks.- There is 48 links in between the RH intake VCT assembly colored link (1) and the LH intake VCT assembly colored link (2).
- There is 35 links in between RH intake VCT assembly colored link (2) and the 2 crankshaft sprocket links (3).
- 28.
Install the RH valve train oil tube and the bolts and tighten in 2 stages.- Stage 1: Tighten to 8 Nm (71 lb-in).
- Stage 2: Tighten an additional 45 degrees.
- 30.
Install the LH valve train oil tube and the bolts and tighten in 2 stages.- Stage 1: Tighten to 8 Nm (71 lb-in).
- Stage 2: Tighten an additional 45 degrees.
- 31.
Install the engine front cover. Refer to: Engine Front Cover .