Models with Air Conditioning
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- 600 Repair Manual Supplement
- Year
- 1993–1999
- Section
- Repairs › Models with Air Conditioning
Engine - L SeriesModels with Air Conditioning
- Remove oil pump.
- Remove and discard gasket.
- Remove Woodruff key from crankshaft.
- Remove oil pressure switch from pump.
Models with Air Conditioning
- Remove oil temperature switch from pump,
- Remove and discard sealing washer.
Refit
- Ensure bolt holes in cylinder block are clean and dry.
- Clean oil temperature switch and sealing washer.
- Fit switch with new sealing washer and tighten to 20 Nm.
All Models
- Clean oil pressure switch.
- Apply Loctite sealant 577 to threads and tighten switch to 16 Nm.
- Using gasket removal spray, remove all traces of gasket from cylinder block and oil pump.
- Using solvent from sealant kit, part number GUG 705963GM, remove all traces of sealant from cylinder block.
- Lubricate oil seal running surface on crankshaft with engine oil.
- Fit Woodruff key to crankshaft.
- Using sealant from kit, apply a bead of sealant to joint line of front main bearing cap and cylinder block.
- Position a new gasket to cylinder block.
NOTE: Gasket must be fitted dry.
- Replacement oil pump: Lubricate lip of oil seal with engine oil.
NOTE: Replacement oil pumps are supplied with crankshaft front oil seal fitted. A new oil seal is fitted to existing pumps after pump is fitted.
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