amailloux Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Installing my first front cover. I have no dowels for the front cover to block. The procedure states to use home made alignment studs during assembly. Does the cover center off of the oil pump when installed. I centered mine off the oil pump and hand torqued all bolts. Is this correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I remember reading the manual saying that failure to do so would result in the seal level rising and the sky falling. Dowels will make life easier for sure but I installed the silicone in the right places, stuck two bolts through the cover and placed the gasket on the cover. It stayed nicely while I positioned the cover in place and then installed the bolts loosely. I was more concerned with the oil pump so as the manual says, install the pump gears and cover FIRST and then torque down the cover. With that said I think we have the right idea. The manual warns against coolant and oil mixture... I recall on an early engine replacement job I, in quite cavalier fashion bolted down the front cover and then spent 1/2 hour trying to get the oil pump gears to install... only after loosening the cover bolts did the oil pump gears slip into place. I question the lack of dowels from the factory. Assembling everything loosely, torquing the pump to the cover then the cover to the block seems the way to go. Fabricated dowels will most certainly be made from bolts with the heads cut off which will fit sloppily in the cover anyway and therefore in my opinion, pointless. All in all, it sounds like you thought about what you were doing. You did well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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