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joojar

Active Member

• Apr 7, 2018

• #1

Had the sump off last summer to do the oil pump bolt, found a small piece of beige plastic which would seem to indicate that the timing chain guides are starting to break up.

So ideally, I'd like to replace them.

Q: what's the minimum amount of dismantling needed to do the job?

Does the crank pulley/damper assy have to come off?
Head off?
Sump off?
All of the above, or only some?

 

sierrafery

Well-Known Member

• Apr 7, 2018

• #2

You have to remove just the parts which will let you remove the engine front cover that's all... the head stays in place that's for sure ... i dont remember if the sump was removed or not cos my mechanic did the job

 

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oldbigal

Member

• Apr 9, 2018

• #3

hi, you dont have to remove the sump, just be careful you dont break the sump gasket when you remove the timing cover.it can all be done by just removing viscous fan, rocker cover,crank pulley and timing cover. its a fairly straight forward repair.

 

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joojar

Active Member

• Jun 21, 2018

• #4

oldbigal said:

hi, you dont have to remove the sump, just be careful you dont break the sump gasket when you remove the timing cover.it can all be done by just removing viscous fan, rocker cover,crank pulley and timing cover. its a fairly straight forward repair.

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Belated thanks for the replies on this ...
Now lining up a weekend to do this, and was looking at parts drawing of the timing cover - http://new.lrcat.com/#!/1232/37503/37504/2887
Question ... what do I do with the stud (6)? Looks like that stud will stop me sliding the cover out towards the front grille once everything else disassembled.
Does that stud connect to the head or rocker cover? Do I just go at it with a stud remover once rocker cover off?

 

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oldbigal

Member

• Jun 26, 2018

• #5

hi, should just be enough room to add another nut and lock the two together to remove the stud.

 

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Leonv

Member

• Nov 25, 2018

• #6

hi i know the post is old just after an update how things went. i have a nasty rattle on my td5 and ive found part of the tensioner in the sump so i assume its that making the noise. what steps did you take to remove the front cover? head off?

 

sierrafery

Well-Known Member

• Nov 25, 2018

• #7

You dont have to take th head off to remove the front cover and replace the guide and tensioner... check the workshop manual repairs section

 

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joojar

Active Member

• Nov 25, 2018

• #8

Leonv said:

just after an update how things went

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Haven't done it yet. Got side-tracked by service and running all-new brake lines

 

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Leonv

Member

• Nov 25, 2018

• #9

Well my chain is rattling like a bastard, I have access to topix and it says to remove the head but I love a short cut

 

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joojar

Active Member

• Nov 26, 2018

• #10

sierrafery said:

You dont have to take th head off to remove the front cover and replace the guide and tensioner... check the workshop manual repairs section

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Which bit? Looking in "ENGINE - Td5" section in RAVE, all I see is ...

 

sierrafery

Well-Known Member

• Nov 26, 2018

• #11

Yes what's there is not very helpfull you can see the guide and tensioner from point 13 at "timing chain and sockets" but i know for sure that the head must not come off but iirc my mechanic removed the sump but s it's explained in post #3 that's not compulsory either

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Nov 26, 2018

• #12

to do the job properly youd remove the head and slacken sump,you could get away with slackening the sump only but youd be sealing top of timing cover to an already compressed gasket