Oil Pan: Installing

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NOTE:

Be sure to check the expiration date of the sealant.

The oil pan must be installed within five minutes after application of silicone sealant.

-- Cut the tube nozzle at the front marking (nozzle diameter: approximately 3 mm).

Fig 1: Applying Sealant To Clean Sealing Surface

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-- Silicone - Apply sealant on the cleaned sealing surface on the oil pan as shown above. The sealing compound bead must be:

2 to 3 mm thick
and run on inside of bolt holes -arrows-

NOTE:

Sealant bead must not be thicker than specified. Otherwise, excess sealant could get into oil pan and clog strainer in intake line of oil pump.

-- Apply silicone sealing compound bead as shown below to clean sealing surface of oil pan. (The graphic shows the location of the sealant bead on the crankshaft housing.)

Fig 2: Identifying Clean Sealing Surfaces Sealant Application Areas

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-- Mount the oil pan immediately and tighten the oil pan/transmission bolts and all the oil pan bolts loosely.

-- Make sure the oil pan lies flush on the intermediate plate/transmission flange.