Fluid pan gasket and screen

FLUID PAN GASKET AND SCREEN

Service repair no - 44.24.05 - Fluid pan gasket Service repair no - 44.24.07 - Fluid screen

Remove

1. Site vehicle on a four post ramp.
2. Disconnect battery negative lead.
3. Raise vehicle.
4. Drain fluid and refit plug with new seal. Tighten to 43 Nm (32 lbf ft).
5. Remove catalytic converter assembly See EMISSION CONTROL, Repair, Front pipe/catalytic converter.

10. Remove clamps securing fluid pan. Note their
11. Remove gasket and discard gasket and clean
12. Remove securing screws and detach oil screen
13. Detach suction pipe from fluid screen, discard
6. Release fuel pipes from retaining clip secured by top RH chassis crossmember bolt.

Refit

7. Remove 8 bolts securing chassis crossmember.
8. With assistance and using a body jack between
14. Clean fluid screen and blow out with airline.

chassis longitudinals, jack chassis sufficiently to

15. Clean suction pipe.

enable removal of crossmember.

16. Fit NEW ’O’ ring seals to fluid screen using
17. Fit fluid screen and suction pipe with spacer and
18. Refit fluid pan using a NEW gasket.
19. Connect dipstick tube to fluid pan, tighten bolt at

9. Disconnect dipstick tube from fluid pan. Loosen securing bolt at bell housing and move tube aside.

locations for refit and withdraw pan.

gasket mating faces.

and suction pipe, taking care to retain suction pipe spacer, discard ’O’ ring seal.

’O’ ring seal.

transmission fluid to aid assembly.

secure with bolts. Tighten to 8 Nm (6 lbf.ft). Tighten to 8 Nm (6 lbf.ft).

bell housing. Fit filler tube union nut and tighten to 70 Nm (52 lbf.ft).