Installing Oil Pump Cover

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Replace moulded seal for oil pump cover!

Carefully clean sealing surfaces on the cover and pump housing. Insert new moulded seal on pump housing -arrow- , then carefully insert the oil pump cover together with the driving pin (external hexagon) into the internal hexagon of the intermediate shaft. See Fig 1. If necessary, turn the oil pump gear wheel by hand until the driving pin fits in the intermediate shaft and the oil pump cover can easily be pushed on.

Fig 1: Locating Oil Pump Housing Seal
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Fasten oil pump cover with eight hexagon-head bolts: screw in six M6 x 20 and two M6 x 80 bolts and tighten to the specified torque. If the oil pump has been disassembled, the pressure relief valve (hexagon a/f 17) must be fitted with a new sealing ring -1- . See Fig 2.

Fig 2: Installing Oil Pump Cover Bolt
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Tightening torque for M6 hexagon-head bolts 10 Nm (7.5 ft.lb)

Tightening torque for pressure relief valve 25 Nm (19 ft.lb)
Fill in engine oil. Refer to ENGINE MAINTENANCE: OIL CHANGE WITH FILTER CHANGE or CHANGING THE ENGINE OIL AND OIL FILTER -- AS 2003 .
Install engine carrier by screwing in four new hexagon-head bolts M10 (self-locking, a/f 15) -arrows- and tightening. See Fig 3.

Fig 3: Installing Engine Carrier
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Tightening torque for M10 bolt 45 Nm (33 ft.lb)