Thread: td5 service time

Originally Posted by simonr23

oh i tried to remove the plastic engine cover, and the stupid right side screw is buggered somehow. it feels loose, but all the unwinding in the world wont remove it from whatever its attached to. and whatever its attached to, is by some miracle, still attached to the block. grrr!

i assume that until i get the cover off, i cant check the main ecu wiring and the injector harness for oil?

the RHS bolt holding engine cover goes into a cage/captive nut. If this is spinning, it will be difficult to remove. You can try and get a screwdriver under the cover to hold the nut still while you unscrew the bolt, but if it's been loctited or is stiff, you may have to pull the bolt head through the engine cover rubber grommet.

The quickest check for oil coming from the injector harness is the connecting plug at the front of the motor - I'm pretty sure you don't need to remove engine cover to check this (I don't have my engine cover on for slightly improved cooling). If there's oil in this, then you obviously need to go further and check if it made it's way through the main/ECU wiring loom all the way to the ECU (once again, just disconnect the plug at the ECU to check this).

Originally Posted by simonr23

oh i tried to remove the plastic engine cover, and the stupid right side screw is buggered somehow. it feels loose, but all the unwinding in the world wont remove it from whatever its attached to. and whatever its attached to, is by some miracle, still attached to the block. grrr!

i assume that until i get the cover off, i cant check the main ecu wiring and the injector harness for oil?

That right hand side engine cover bolt is a bastard. It is held on with a captive nut that only has a couple of piddly crimps on the sides.What has happened is the nut has slipped or the crimps have broken.

Luckily on that side the bolt hole in the cover has a rubber grommet bush which you can push out with a screwdriver then the bolt head will go through the cover which you can then remove.

Trev.

Originally Posted by simonr23

cheers foz. do i need to drop the auto trans "sump" to change the filter?

i want to flush the trans and renew the filter as i dont think its been serviced in a while. fluid is dark and smells a bit burnt.

i hate how many cars dont have a trans dipstick. people seem to figure "no dipstick, no need to service" my ba had the same setup.

Yes I believe you do. Didn't get from your first post that you had an auto. The size of the gearbox drain plugs may be different to what I said earlier as I was refering to the manual box.