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Re: crankshaft oil leak question... Posted by Ari [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: crankshaft oil leak question..., shawn, Sun, 8 Jun 2003 16:15:16 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
If you're doing the oil seal, definately do the Oil Pump O-ring while you're at it (Brady- the O-ring seals the back of the oil pump to the front of the timing chain cover).
I use Townsend's trick for loosening the main pulley (harmonic balancer) bolt. First, start the car and pull the fuel pump fuse - the engine will quit. Leave the fuse out. Disable the ignition. You don't want the car to start.
Next, with the car jacked up and supported, right front wheel off, fender inner liner off, stick a breaker bar with a socket on the main pulley bolt. Let the breaker bar hang down, just in front of the suspension A-arm. Get in and give the starter one quick hit. You'll hear a satisfying BANG! as the breaker bar hits the A arm. Get out and make sure the socket is still seated well, and repeat. You don't want to hit the starter more than once without checking the socket - if it slips off a little, it can damage the bolt head. Also, you want to check to see if you've loosened the bolt. It may take a dozen or so times, but the bolt WILL loosen.
When all is done, to tighten the bolt, I usually have no problem finding a place for the screwdriver to fit through the timing sight-hole. I usually don't go for a tooth in the wheel - on the flywheel there are extrusions, one of which has the timing marks. That makes a much bigger target for wedging a screwdriver. I can then tighten the bolt.
Why not use the wedged screwdriver to loosen the bolt? I find that it takes MUCH more muscle to loosen the bolt than to torque it properly. The Starter method works pretty well for me - It's like a impact wrench.
It's always a good idea not to re-use circlips. Having said that, I almost always re-use them. I'm just very careful not to overstress them.
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