Refit Crankshaft Rear Oil Seal for 300Tdi Engine
ENGINE
OVERHAUL
65
Crankshaft rear oil seal - refit
1. Ensure that oil seal running surface on
crankshaft and oil seal housing mating surface
on cylinder block are clean and oil free and that
bolt holes in cylinder block are clean and dry.
2. Screw 2 slave guide studs into cylinder block.
3. Position new gasket to cylinder block ensuring
that groove along bottom edge of gasket is
towards block.
NOTE: ’O’ ring fitted to early engines is no
longer required.
4. Slide oil seal protector sleeve over crankshaft,
fit oil seal and housing over guide studs and
crankshaft, fit and finger tighten 3 bolts,
recover oil seal protector sleeve.
CAUTION: Do not lubricate oil seal or
running surface on crankshaft. Do not
separate protector sleeve from oil seal and
do not touch lip of seal. If protector sleeve is
removed or seal is inadvertently handled, it must
not be fitted as the coating applied to the oil seal
during manufacture will be destroyed and oil
leakage will result.
5. Remove 2 guide studs, fit and finger tighten
remaining 2 bolts.
6. Tighten 5 bolts by diagonal selection to 25 Nm.