Oil Pan: Installation
- Ensure oil pan and mating surfaces are clean. Inspect oil pan and timing chain cover gaskets and replace as necessary. Apply a 1/8" bead of silicone rubber adhesive sealant to oil pan-to-timing chain cover mating surface. See Fig 1.
- Install oil pan gasket to engine block. Install oil pan. Install oil pan bolts and nuts finger tight (just tight enough to compress gasket's rubber seal). Install timing chain cover-to-pan bolts, and tighten to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS . Tighten oil pan bolts, and then oil pan nuts, to specification. See Fig 2.
- Install structural collar-to-oil pan vertical (position) bolts (No. 1) and tighten bolts to 10 INCH lbs. (1 N.m). See Fig 3. Install structural collar-to-transaxle bolts (No. 2) and tighten bolts to 40 ft. lbs. (54 N.m).
- Starting with center vertical (position) bolts (No. 1) and working outward, tighten bolts to 40 ft. lbs. (54 N.m). To complete installation, reverse removal procedure.
Courtesy of CHRYSLER CORP.
Courtesy of CHRYSLER CORP.
Courtesy of CHRYSLER CORP.