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Oil pump drive chain, replace.  S14

Remove splash shield from below front of engine.

Drain engine oil.

Remove the eighteen 10mm bolts from the lower oil pan.

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Remove pan.

Remove timing chain.
Remove nut from oil pump shaft and remove gear. s140002.jpg (29668 bytes)
Remove chain.

Installation:

Check gears for wear, replace if necessary.
Tighten chain by increasing or decreasing base shim size until chain has approximately 2mm of movement at the center point between the two gears, with light finger pressure. s140098.jpg (24982 bytes)
Genuine BMW chains with green marks are longer than chains with red marks.



Part numbers:

Oil pump chain : 11 41 1 716 988
Oil pump gear : 11 41 1 273 689
Crank gear : 11 21 1 308 467
Shim, 0.1mm : 11 41 1 250 427
Shim, 0.3mm : 11 41 1 250 428

Torques:

Oil pump gear nut : 25 to 30 Nm (18 to 22 ft lbs.)
 

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