Timing Cover: Service and Repair
REMOVAL1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Drain engine cooling system.
3. Loosen four water pump pulley bolts while drive belt is in place.
4. Using a 1/2-inch drive breaker bar, rotate drive belt tensioner to the right to remove drive belt.
5. Remove drive belt tensioner retaining bolt and nuts.
6. Raise vehicle and remove RH front tire and wheel assembly.
7. Remove lower radiator hose and heater water hose.
8. Remove crankshaft pulley and damper.
9. Drain and remove oil pan. Discard removed oil pan gasket.
NOTE: Do not cut and seal oil pan gasket. Always replace with new oil pan gasket.
10. Remove screw securing the power steering line retaining bracket to front sub-frame at right front of engine.
11. Remove water pump pulley retaining bolts and water pump pulley.
12. Disconnect fuel charging wiring from crankshaft position sensor (CKP sensor) and locating stud bolt.
13. Remove retaining bolts from engine front cover to cylinder block.
14. Carefully remove engine front cover and water pump as an assembly from cylinder block.
NOTE: The engine front cover and water pump may be removed as an assembly by not removing bolt numbers 11 through 15 as shown.
INSTALLATION
1. Carefully clean all gasket material from engine front cover and cylinder block.
CAUTION: Aluminum gouges easily; use care when scraping gasket material from engine front cover or leakage may occur upon reassembly.
NOTE: Lightly oil all bolt and stud bolt threads before installation except those specifying special sealant.
2. Clean sealant from cylinder block to oil pan and engine front cover mating surfaces.
3. Inspect crankshaft front seal for wear or darnage. Replace if necessary.
4. Align engine front cover gasket over cylinder block dowels.
5. Install crankshaft front oil seal protector onto crankshaft if available.
6. Install engine front cover and water pump as an assembly onto cylinder block with water pump pulley loosely attached to water pump hub.
7. Hand-start engine front cover retaining bolts. Apply Pipe Sealant with Teflon(R) D8AZ-19554-A or equivalent meeting Ford specification WSK-M2G350-A2 to bolt Nos. 1, 2 and 3 as illustrated.
8. Tighten retaining bolt No. 1 through 10 to 25 Nm (19 ft. lbs.) and No. 11 through 15 to 10 Nm (7 ft. lbs.).
9. Clean inside of oil pan. Install oil pan.
10. Hand-tighten water pump pulley retaining bolts.
11. Install crankshaft damper and crankshaft pulley. Tighten damper retaining bolt to 125-165 Nm (93-121 ft. lbs.) and the four pulley retaining bolts to 40-60 Nm (30-44 ft. lbs.).
12. If crankshaft position sensor was removed from engine front cover, install crankshaft position: sensor and tighten retaining bolts to 5-7 Nm (45-61 inch lbs.)
13. Install drive belt tensioner.
14. Install drive belt. Tighten water pump pulley retaining bolts to 20-30 Nm (15-22 ft. lbs.).
15. Install lower radiator hose and heater water hose. Clamp securely.
16. Install power steering line retaining bracket to the front sub-frame. Tighten retaining screw securely.
17. Install RH front wheel and tire assembly.
18. Lower vehicle.
19. Fill and bleed engine cooling system.
20. Fill crankcase with correct viscosity and amount of engine oil XO-1OW30-QSP or -DSP meeting Ford specification ESE-M2C153-E.
21. Connect battery ground cable.
22. Start engine and check for coolant, exhaust and oil leaks.