Oil Pan: Installation
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NOTE: If the oil pan is not secured within 10 minutes of sealant application, the sealant must be removed and the sealing area cleaned. Allow to dry until there is no sign of wetness, or 10 minutes, whichever is longer. Failure to follow this procedure can cause future oil leakage.
Apply a 3 mm (0.118 in) bead of silicone gasket and sealant to the oil pan-to-engine block and to the oil pan-to-engine front cover mating surface.
- Position the oil pan onto the engine and install the 13 oil pan bolts finger-tight.
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NOTE: The engine front cover-to-oil pan fasteners must be tightened first to align the front surface of the oil pan flush with the front surface of the engine block.
Install the 4 engine front cover-to-oil pan fasteners.
- Tighten to 10 Nm (89 lb-in).
- Tighten the 13 oil pan bolts in the sequence shown.
- Tighten to 20 Nm (177 lb-in).
- Alternate tightening the LH bellhousing-to-engine and RH engine-to-bellhousing lower bolts to draw the transaxle and engine together.
- Tighten to 48 Nm (35 lb-ft).
- Install the oil pan-to-bellhousing bolt.
- Tighten to 48 Nm (35 lb-ft).
- Tighten the engine-to-transaxle bolt to 48 Nm (35 lb-ft).
- Tighten the engine-to-transaxle bolt to 48 Nm (35 lb-ft).
- Install the 3 bellhousing-to-oil pan bolts.
- Tighten to 48 Nm (35 lb-ft).
- Install the A/C compressor, the 2 bolts and the stud.
- Tighten the bolts to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft) and the stud to 9 Nm (80 lb-in).
- Install the nut and tighten to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft).
- Connect the 2 A/C compressor electrical connectors.
- Install the A/C tube bracket nut.
- Tighten to 15 Nm (133 lb-in).
- Install the A/C drive belt. For additional information, refer to Accessory Drive .
- Install the catalytic converter. For additional information, refer to Exhaust System .
- Install the engine roll restrictor. For additional information, refer to Automatic Transaxle/Transmission - 6F35 .
- Tighten the bolt and the 2 stud bolts to 48 Nm (35 lb-ft).
- Attach the 2 wiring harness retainers.
- Install the engine ACL and ACL outlet pipe assembly. For additional information, refer to Intake Air Distribution and Filtering .
- Install the oil level indicator.
- Fill the engine with clean engine oil.