Figure 11E-3. Oil Pump Mounting
R e m o v e Oil Pump
lines
exceeds
105
pounds
per
square
inch.
1. Remove t h e d r a i n p l u g f r o m t h e o i l
pan and drain the oil.
An inlet pipe (19), attached to the inlet
opening in the pump body, leads to inlet
2. Remove the oil pan bolts and remove
screen (2) which is mounted with brack-
the oil pan.
e t s to a main bearing cap.
3. Remove the bolts and lock washers se-
The inlet screen is located below the oil
curing the oil pump, regulator body and
in the pan and serves to strain out any
oil outlet tube and oil inlet tube support
foreign material which might damage the
from the main bearing caps, and cylinder
pump.
block (Figure 11E-3).
The oil pump inlet screen should be re-
NOTE
moved and cleaned periodically in addi-
tion to the cleaning it receives each time
Remove and save the shims, if
the engine is reconditioned.
used between the oil pump mount-
ing feet and the bearing caps.