Crankshaft front seal (page 2 of 2)

4. Disconnect breather hose from timing gear cover.
5. Remove 11 bolts securing timing gear cover to engine front plate.
6. Remove timing gear cover and discard gasket.
7. Remove cable tie from timing gear cover and release harness.
8. Remove oil seal from timing gear cover.

Refit

1. Clean mating faces of timing gear cover and engine front plate.
2. Lubricate inner lip of new seal with oil and outer lip with grease.

3. Using tool 18G 134 BD support timing gear cover.
4. Position seal on tools 18G 134 and 18G 134 BD with the lips of the seal facing upwards.
5. Drift seal into timing gear cover.
6. Using a new gasket fit the timing gear cover, centralise the seal over the crankshaft using tool 18G 1044.
7. Fit bolts securing timing gear cover and tighten to 16 Nm.
8. Position harness to cover and secure with cable tie.
9. Connect breather hose to timing gear cover.
10. Locate spacer on tensioner bolt, position drive belt tensioner, and tighten bolts to 22 Nm.
11. Fit crankshaft front pulley. See this section.