Crankshaft rear oil seal
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- 400 Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1995–2000
- Section
- Repairs › Crankshaft rear oil seal
Engine - L SeriesCrankshaft rear oil seal
CRANKSHAFT REAR OIL SEAL
Service repair no - 12.21.20
Remove
- Remove flywheel. See this section.
- Remove 2 bolts securing PAS pipe clips to sump and beaming bracket.
- Lower PAS pipe.
- Remove sump, discard gasket. See this section.
- Remove 5 bolts securing oil seal and housing.
- Remove and discard oil seal and housing.
Refit
- Ensure oil seal running surface on crankshaft, oil seal housing mating surface on cylinder block and bolt and dowel holes are clean and dry.
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 seal is inadvertently handled it must not be fitted as the coating applied to the seal during manufacture will be destroyed and oil leakage can result.
- Slide oil seal protector sleeve, oil seal and housing over end of crankshaft.
- Position oil seal and housing on cylinder block.
NOTE: Oil seal protector sleeve will be displaced as seal and housing are fitted.
- Fit bolts and working in sequence shown, tighten to 8 Nm.
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