2021 2.0 ecoblue crankshaft oil seal change

[Niall]

Hi,at 20k miles my crank seal is leaking.I have bought a new seal,i have the puller but looking at the torque tightening procedure i have to admit ive never seen anything like it. Dealer says Ford only supply the seal with a new timing cover. Is a torque multiplyer really needed to tighten the pulley bolt?
Any advice appreciated.

[metalworker0]

The torque multiplier .....well ford have it in their workshops inventory .so manual written with this in mind. if you watch the videos on youtube of people using half inch drive torque wrench on the ecoblue, you'll see quite some effort needed ..and they don't want to hurt ford technician, in these days of wokemanship and cause him to go off work with injury etc.

NOTE :me not doing any of this as i dont have ecoblue ...so just observations


If you've seen the multiple stage torque sequence ...it's more to do with turning the torque wrench smoothly and not hitting anything.
There are various sequences put together by the manufacturer and this one below by Sealey

for instance this is one sequence here by Sealey which everyone here thinks over the top

https://www.vinnybyrne.com/view_pdf.php ... 251429.pdf

Stage 1: Tighten to 10 Nm.
Stage 2: Slacken 60°
Stage 3: Tighten to 20 Nm.
Stage 4: Tighten to 70 Nm.
Stage 5: Tighten to 150 Nm.
Stage 6: Slacken 90°
Stage 7: Tighten to 100 Nm.
Stage 8: Tighten to 300 Nm.
Stage 9: Tighten by 90°


and another that was posted here in transit .org here think from fords manual

tage 1 20nm
Stage 2 40nm
Stage 3 90 degrees
Stage 4 90 degrees again
Stage 5 90 degrees a final time)


As you can see the one by Sealey tells you to tighten to 300 nm in stage 8 - there are 300nm 1/2 inch drive torque wrenches ..but the 300 is on the end of their range .......and maybe verging on busting the torque wrench

Where as the one with five stages only....you'd probably swap out to a 3/4 drive breaker bar for the at stage 3 if it will fit in there and you have the room to actually turn it 90 degrees ?? as 3/4 breaker bar is rather long

it's up to you how you interoperate this ..what you do in the end. how much room you have -- is it going to be on a garage ramp or on the floor on axle stands .there may be a hell of a difference! in how far you can move the wrench.

all the best.mark

[Dan transit man]

When I changed the wet belt, I just used a breaker bar and extension and did it up as tight as possible. I mean standing on the extended bar tight. It’s a ridiculous amount of torque but this is Ford for you. That was 20k ago.

[Niall]

Thank you both for your replies. I have just had a quote of £1300 ish to do this job although that includes replacing timing belt at the same time. I think ill chance having a go myself,its not my first rodeo

[Dan transit man]

If it’s on the deck when doing it, get it a good height on axle stands.
Ford quoted me £1500 for the wet belt. Cost me £400 for all genuine parts, cam locking tool and sump pan as wanted to check pick up pipe.
Not a difficult job just a pain with getting at it but my biggest yet and took me a whole day on the driveway.