Front crank seal

I need to change the front crank shaft seal on my 4.0 P38, 2001MY as I have a bit of an oil leak.
Not done it before so how long should I allow; also any difficult bits...

Cheers

Follow the instructions in RAVE. That is what it's for.

I do intend on using rave, just wondered how long I sshould allow as its my daily vehicle...
Rave is good but does not have empathy for things that become difficult on a 12 yr old vehicle. I always appreciate the voice of experience.

Steve Ashworth said:

I do intend on using rave, just wondered how long I sshould allow as its my daily vehicle...
Rave is good but does not have empathy for things that become difficult on a 12 yr old vehicle. I always appreciate the voice of experience.

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Personally I would book a weekend for the job...but I am slow and ridiculously methodical !!!!

Stand corrected. No need to remove cover. Once the pulley is off the old one can be levered out and the new one pushed/tapped in squarely. Make sure you get the later type. (From a previous post by Denis).

Biggest problem is getting the crank bolt on/off as its 270Nm or 200 lbf.ft to tighten. You can get a special tool LRT-12-080 for this but somone on here will probably have a simple fix. Also you are supposed to use special tool LRT-12-088 to remove old seal but as above it maybe that you can just lever it out (carefully).

No need to remove front cover.

200lb/ft....mmm pretty tight.
I have a 3/4 drive socket set; hope one of the sockets will fit!

a lump hammer will do the trick allow 1hour for the job

william54 said:

a lump hammer will do the trick allow 1hour for the job

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How much of a lump a small lump or a large lump