Oil Pump & Timing Belt Removal/Replacement on RColt - Part I

What an epic pain in the ass. Do not break your oil pump filter pickup.


As you might have seen a mate reversed and clipped his driveway. It ripped off the oilfilter but also broke the threads where it attached to the pump. Hence a replacement of the entire assembly.
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Oil pump and oil pickup. Dipstick was a little stuck. Bit of elbow grease. It has an Oring at its base.

Part II is here:
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Sump removed and old oil pump removed.


























Some of the bits and pieces.



You use a gasket. So you don't suck air at that location.
You should use a gasket. The RTV runs to big a risk of a piece coming off and seizing a pump.










Timing belts, tensions, engine mount, sump, block mount, alternator, front pipe and a bunch of other small things have to come off @_@


I have ordered a timing belt install tool.







Issues so far? besides all the bits to come off, the oil pump only goes on one way. It is notched to match the crank. The oil pickup uses a paper gasket which I didn't have. I used gasket goop. I hope it hasn't blocked up the hole to much. I put very little.








Cleaning the old goop off the pan and engine block.