911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet (996) F6-3.4L (1999)
6. Carefully remove oil pump lid. Do not use metal tools to lever up the lid, as the sealing surface can be damaged. Remove moulded seal -Arrow-.
Installing Oil Pump Lid
NOTE: Replace moulded seal for oil pump lid.
1. Clean sealing surfaces on lid and pump housing thoroughly. Insert new moulded seal on pump housing -Arrow-, then carefully place oil pump lid
with driver pin (outer hexagon) into the hexagon socket of the intermediate shaft -Figure-. If necessary, turn oil pump gearwheel until the driver
pin fits into the intermediate shaft and the oil pump lid can be pushed on easily.
2. Secure oil pump lid with nine hexagon-head bolts: Position six M6 x 20, two M6 x 80 and one M10 (a/f 15) and tighten with torque -Arrows-. If
the oil pump was disassembled, the pressure relief valve (hexagon a/f 17) should be installed with new sealing ring -1-.
Tightening torque M6 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)
Tightening torque M10 45 Nm (33 ftlb).
Tightening torque pressure relief valve 25 Nm (19 ftlb.)
3. Fill engine oil.
4. Install engine carrier. To so this, position four new M10 self-locking hexagon-head collar nuts (a/f 15) and one M6 hexagon-head bolt -Arrows-
and tighten.