Sump gasket (page 3 of 3)

Refit

1. Clean sump and cylinder block mating faces.
2. Ensure bolt holes in cylinder block are clean and dry.
3. Using suitable solvent, remove all traces of sealant from rear oil seal housing, rear main bearing cap, cylinder block and front main bearing cap.

4. Using sealant from kit GUG 705963GM, fill grooves on each side of front main bearing cap and along joint lines of bearing cap and cylinder block.

5. Apply a 1 mm bead of sealant from kit to joint line of crankshaft rear oil seal housing, main bearing cap, cylinder block and sump bolt holes adjacent to rear main bearing cap.

CAUTION: Do not apply sealant until immediately prior to fitting sump. Do not spread sealant bead.

6. Fit new gasket to sump, fit sump to block.

NOTE: Sumps fitted to early engines were not fitted with a gasket, gaskets must be fitted to all engines when sump is refitted.

7. Fit and finger tighten 17 bolts, then tighten bolts in sequence shown to 25 Nm.
8. Using same sequence, check that all bolts are torqued to 25 Nm.
9. Clean vacuum hose adaptor.
10. Connect vacuum hose to adaptor and secure hose with clip.
11. Fit 2 bolts securing oil cooler pipe clips to sump.
12. Clean oil cooler pipe union.
13. Fit new ’O’ ring to pipe.
14. Connect pipe to oil pump and tighten union nut to 25 Nm.
15. Fit bolt securing oil cooler pipe clip to coolant pump mounting.
16. Fit support bracket and tighten bolts securing bracket to adaptor plate to 70 Nm and bolt securing bracket to to sump to 25 Nm.
17. Fit engine lower steady bar to front beam, fit bolt but do not tighten at this stage.
18. Align steady bar to sump, fit bracket and tighten bolts securing steady bar and bracket to sump to 85 Nm.
19. Tighten bolt securing steady bar to front beam to 80 Nm.
20. Fit centre beam and tighten bolts to 55 Nm.
21. Fit oil filter. See this section.
22. Fit front centre underbelly panel. See BODY, Exterior fittings.
23. Fill engine with oil.