Oil sump gasket
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer 200/400 Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer Workshop Manual
- Section
- Repairs › Oil sump gasket
Engine 1.6Oil sump gasket · page 1 of 3
Power steering
- Locate power steering pump on mounting bracket; fit 3 bolts and tighten to 35 Nm.
- Locate power steering hose in clip.
- Position power steering pipe clamp; tighten bolt to 15 Nm.
- Fit and tension power steering pump drive belt, see MAINTENANCE.
All models
- Connect trunking to air cleaner and throttle housing; tighten 2 clip. Connect breather pipe.
- Locate vacuum hose in clips; connect vacuum hose to air cleaner.
- Refill cooling system, see MAINTENANCE.
- Remove stand(s) and lower vehicle.
- Automatic gearbox: Adjust throttle control cable, see AUTOMATIC GEARBOX – Adjustments – 1.6
OIL SUMP GASKET
Service Repair No. 12.60.44
Remove
- Position vehicle on hoist.
- Remove front exhaust pipe, see MANIFOLD & EXHAUST – Repairs.
- Drain engine oil, see MAINTENANCE.
MAN.
AUTO.
- Remove 3 bolts, anti – beaming bracket to gearbox and cylinder block.
- Automatic gearbox: Remove 3 bolts drive plate cover to gearbox.
- Manual gearbox: Remove bolt flywheel housing cover to gearbox and 2 nuts flywheel housing cover to sump.
- Remove 8 bolts, sump to crankcase.
- Automatic gearbox: Remove 10 nuts, sump to crankcase.
Manual gearbox: Remove remaining 8 nuts sump to crankcase. - Remove sump and discard gasket.
Refit
- Thoroughly clean all traces of gasket from sump and cylinder block.
- Apply suitable non – hardening jointing compound to both sides of gasket.
- Locate gasket on sump.
- Fit sump, lightly tighten nuts/bolts.
- Working from centre outwards, tighten nuts/bolts to 12 Nm.
- Fit flywheel housing/drive plate cover, tighten bolts to 12 Nm.
- Fit anti – beaming bracket to gearbox and cylinder block, tighten bolts as follows:
Anti – beaming bracket to gearbox 45 Nm.
Anti – beaming bracket to cylinder block 24 Nm. - Fit exhaust front pipe, see MANIFOLD & EXHAUST – Repairs.
- Refill engine with oil, see MAINTENANCE.
Parts & tools for this job For Rover Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer
- PARTOil filterSearch: Rover Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer oil filter
- TOOLOil filter wrenchSearch: oil filter wrench
- FLUIDEngine oilSearch: Rover Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer engine oil
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