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OIL SEAL REPLACEMENT — Valve Oil Seal / Oil Seal Installing Direction / Front Oil Seal

EM-26prose procedure
Continued from EM-25

VALVE OIL SEAL

Valve oil seal replacement

  1. 1
    Remove cylinder head. Refer to "Timing chain" procedure.
    Hand using a tool to extract the valve oil seal from a valve guide on the cylinder head.
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  2. 2
    Remove valve oil seal.
  3. 3
    Apply engine oil to new valve oil seal and install it with Tool. Do not re-use valve oil seals.
    Do not re-use valve oil seals.
    Special tool KV10115600 (oil seal drift) being used by hand to drive a new valve oil seal onto the valve guide of the cylinder head.
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  4. 4
    Ensure seal is located correctly as shown. Seating height 10.5 mm (0.413 in) above cylinder head top.
    Cross-section detail of a valve oil seal seated on a valve guide on the cylinder head. Callout: "Valve oil seal"; dimension "10.5 mm (0.413 in)" labelled from cylinder-head top surface to the top of the seal (seal seating height).
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  5. 5
    Refit cylinder head.
Valve oil seal seating height (from cylinder head top)After installation
10.5 (0.413)mm (in)

OIL SEAL INSTALLING DIRECTION (for front & rear oil seals)

FRONT OIL SEAL

Front oil seal removal

  1. 1
    Remove front cover. Refer to "Removal" in "TIMING CHAIN".
  2. 2
    Remove front oil seal from front cover.
    Be careful not to damage oil seal retainer.
    Hand holding a tool to lever the front oil seal out of the front cover (timing cover) of the engine.
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See also

TIMING CHAIN — Removal

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