Precision Timing Cover Removal A Guide to Engine Excellence

To remove the timing cover there are 10 10mm bolts. 9 of them are on the outside edge of the cover while one of them is in the middle, circled in green in the ... To do things properly you will need to take out or loosen up some of the front bolts to the oil pan to get the cover out without tearing the oil pan gasket. You must log in or register to reply here. Similar threads. C. I removed the four hidden 13MM bolts under the oil pan, and all the 10mm (27) bolts on the case itself, I have spread 3/8" at the correct pry notch. Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) - Upper timing cover removal w/o pulling valve cover ? - I think I have a cam seal leak I want to check ... Simply take all the oil pan bolts out, and let the oil pan hang down as much as it would allow, then removed the timing cover and went from there. There are only two bolts per side connecting the oil pan and the timing cover plate. Once everything is loose you just need to slightly pry the bottom off the ... Pull the harmonic balancer, take out the bolts common to the block and the bolts common to the pan, lift/ tilt the cover off. There may be some ... I would replace the timing cover gasket if you're going to have it off just for a preventative measure. My timing cover was weeping a little bit ... You have to remove the idler pulley anyway (since it shares the bolts with the lower timing cover), so after you remove that you can easily get ...