Removing Oil Pump
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- Place pan under the engine to collect any remaining engine oil and coolant which runs out.
- Drain engine oil. Unscrew the oil drain plug (hexagon socket a/f 8) and drain emerging oil into an oil collection container. Insert plug with a new sealing ring and tighten.
Tightening torque 50 Nm (37 ft.lb)
- Remove engine carrier by undoing the four hexagon-head bolts M10 (a/f 15) -arrows- . See Fig 2.
- Turn engine at the hexagon-head bolt (a/f 24) of the crankshaft belt pulley clockwise to the TDC mark -arrow-
. Fix belt pulley with special tool fixing pins 9595/1 (use short fixing pin). See Fig 3.
NOTE:
- After removal of the chain tensioner, the crankshaft must not be turned under any circumstances, otherwise the timing chain may jump over. By altering the timing, damage to the engine may occur!
- Remove the chain tensioner, cylinder bank 4 - 6 -arrow- . See Fig 4. To do so, release and unscrew with a socket wrench insert (hexagon a/f 14).
- Remove chain tensioner, cylinder bank 1 - 3 (hexagon socket a/f 32) -arrow- . See Fig 5.
- Remove primary chain tensioner arrow (hexagon socket a/f 32, oil filter area).
- Remove cable plug of the coolant temperature sensor -arrow- . Next unscrew eight M6 x 20 and two M6 x 80 hexagon-head bolts. See Fig 6.
- Carefully remove the oil pump.
- Remove old metallic gaskets. Cut through the old seal between the coolant pump and oil pump housing at the connecting webs -arrows- . See Fig 7.