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YOUR RESEARCHHow bad is this going to be part 2
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I'd check timing carefully after you get it back together...
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Use some type of dowel/allen wrench/etc, thru the sleeve
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Grease it good first and use some type of dowel/allen wrench/etc, thru the sleeve to help center as you push in the cover perfectly straight.
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After i got the oil pump piece out i notice that the IMS shaft is off center. Its hard to the right.
all three tensioners are out.
the cams and guides on bank 1 are out.
why might this be happening and what can i do about it. The oil pump won�t go back in here.
As broken part came out
Broken part
IMS shaft off center
That shaft just floats in there until the housing is installed. U can pack it with vasoline or even bearing grease to try and center the shaft. The grease will wash out and not hurt anything.
IIRR, the bearing end of the ims is that part of the inner oil pump sleeve. The inner part of that 'sleeve is where the shaft rides and basically is the shaft bushing, the bearing surfaces of that end of ims.
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So, you must center the shaft when pressing in the sleeve.
Grease it good first and use some type of dowel/allen wrench/etc, thru the sleeve to help center as you push in the cover perfectly straight.
Make sure to Release tension on shaft/chains and lock all shafts first before any future removal. Do not spin over engine. I'd check timing carefully after you get it back together...
jmo
Thanks for the responses.
i put a allen socket in the shaft with a 6” extension and tried to move it. It would not move with a moderate press. I did not want to force anything.
it did not move a mm.
thanks for the advice not to rotate anything. I was thinking about that to see if it loosened.
this car has the LN oil feed IMS. i want to replace that seal while its out. I am doing a new rms. Any possibilities the issue is at that end?
any other ideas why its stuck to the right? The crank is at TDC.
All three tensioners are out. The chain guides on bank 1 are out as are the cams.
Bank 2 is untouched and not locked, cover still on. I was going to do bank 1 then bank 2.
I discovered that the shaft was not floating when i ordered the new housing and started looking at how to reinstall it.
no idea what is pulling it to the right.
any other ideas?
The spring pressure on the bank 2 cams is trying to turn the cam ( which tries to turn the IMS and pulls it to the side)
You need to lock the bank 2 cam and loosen the tension on the lower part of the timing chain. ( the tensioner tensions the upper part of the timing chain)
Porschetech3. Thanks. I get what you are say8ng about the tension, but do not quite understand how to release the pressure.
do i take the gear with 4 bolts the scavenger pump covers off the end of the cam to release that pressure?
Success! I put the special tool on bank 2 and pulled it counter clockwise a couple mm and it related the pressure on the cam chain and the IMS is now free.
thanks all.
