Thread: D2 TD5 Oil Pump Bolt Query

Hey all,

Completed the oil pump bolt check over the weekend (absolute PITA job, next time I'd be finding a bloke with a hoist) but I'm second guessing one step in the process. I followed a few different threads, notably the one at - www.discovery2.co.uk / TD5 "Famous" Oil Pump Bolt - but after completion I then read some more threads talking about how crucial it was to clean the thread out before new bolt install. Now I was absolutely cursing by this stage in the process, so it skipped my mind to clean it out (also access was minimal), so essentially I removed the factory bolt, finding it was tight but with no threadlock, and replaced it with the new Land Rover bolt with the threadlock from factory. I did apply some loctice 243, but if i remember correctly I believe most rubbed off as i was trying to fiddle the bolt into the hole. I am now stressing that oil may have gotten into the thread/hole, and that I've essentially made it worse than if I hadn't touched it at all. Am I overthinking? anyone else just remove and replace and it's been fine?

Thanks, it's my first LR so be nice!!

Originally Posted by Discofender

If you "replaced it with the new Land Rover bolt" part no. LYP101400 then they have dry threadlocker pre-applied on them, on the last one I did it was coloured yellow.

Discofender

correct, it was a genuine LR bolt with dry threadlocker. But I guess I was stressing because I didn’t know if that dry threadlocker would be effective if there was oil in the thread. Here’s hoping it will do its job!