removing ze oil pump

[gleem]

having troble removing my ze oil pump from ae101. engine is out. crank pulley of all bolts undone. The gear/pulley on the crank behind the crank pulley is what i think is keeping that whole plate there. How do i remove this and has any one got any online sites for removing oil pumps on 4ages. searches showed nothing specific thanks

[crispy'86]

The crank pulley is common for being really tight (or crank gear where belt runs). Spray it with CRC or a similar rust penetrant and try and get a puller behind it, a 2 legged type ine is best to use . Or you could try 2 screwdirvers behind it to pull it off, levering against sump or something. It's time consuming and you need to keep working the gear back and forth until it comes off.
Then undo the bolts around front of the oil pump 12mm head bolts, about 7 or so.
Good luck

[KinLoud]

dumb question - is sump off? is oil pickup unbolted?
Good luck

[TRD_ZERO]

Just be careful when you pry it off with a screw driver as i was super awesome and chipped both my crank and timing pulleys when trying to get them off.

[gleem]

theres only a few mil begind the gear. and i gad a but if metal coming out of it not sure if it part of the gear or the crank

[bluemaumau]

dumb question - is sump off? is oil pickup unbolted?
Good luck

[gleem]

got them both off. but i chiped of the edge on half of the crank gear and butchered the oil pump so now the springs sticking out of the rubber seal area. can these be rebuilt

[AE82 FXGT]

I think you might have just $&#$% the oil seal, you would be putting a new one in anyway.

The oil seal being the bit that sits around the crank.

[DFECTED]

take it to someone with a press

[tsoob]

got them both off. but i chiped of the edge on half of the crank gear and butchered the oil pump so now the springs sticking out of the rubber seal area. can these be rebuilt

sounds like a lack of the correct tools.

there is a engine reconditioner just next door to me, he would be able to sort you out

[AceSniper]

just put a new front seal in less than $10 worth

[Crucible]

IMO the best way to get stubborn crank gears off is to drill two 5mm holes 180 from each other and tap two a M6x1.0 threads. Then use a slotted plate type puller. Ive had to use a little bit of heat on a 4agze gear once before, as the m6 bolts were stretching hard out.

IMO pry bars and screwdrivers are a bit hit and miss. puller is the prefered way to get off dampners without chipping them. New seal takes like 2secs to whack in.