Balance Shaft Removal Kit Install
Required Tools Required Materials:6 Quarts Oil (I suggest Amsoil or Motul)
3000+lb. Floor Jack or Ramps Motorcraft FL-910 Oil Filter
(2) Drain Pans Purolator PL15505 Oil Filter
Oil Filter Wrench Permatex Ultra-Grey Silicone Gasket Maker or Victor razin
Gasket Scraper
Ratchet(s)
6" Extension
8mm Socket (Deep)
10mm Socket
13mm Socket
15mm Socket
18mm Socket
21mm Socket
Bear, good friends and time :D
A small word before starting
If you are the average guy how knows about the engine a bit but never worked on a engine forget it its freaking complicated, if will do the mod I will worn you now if you will do it in the garage while lying on the back its going to be difficult and you will taste some oil, dirt will fell in your eyes and your hair you contain oil … me I think I was lucky and I was crazy when I made the decision
I find bsd very very very very complicated and not for the week of heart
Ok lets start
If you want to fell the difference between the before and the after BSD i recommend you NOT to reset the ECU.
1. I used one of those to jack up my car so i can work underneath it
2.Remove splash shield 6x12mm screws– No need for pictures and explanation here
3.Drain oil 1x17mm screw – place drain pain under the oil pan and remove the drain plug to drain the engine oil. Let drain completely. Replace plug and tighten. Remove drain pan from work area. A small advice if you have run the car before the install let the engine cool down or you will get burn from the hot oil.
4.Unbolt A/C Protector and A/C Compressor and rest it on a jack, or leave it hanging. 3 nuts 12mm for the metal plate that protects the compressor and 4 very long bolts 12mm for the ac compressor
5.Unbolt and remove oil pan. I have attached a schematic of the oil pan and the bolts disconnect the bolts in REVERS ORDER from 13 to 1. All the screws that go vertically are 10mm the 3 screws that go horizontally into the tranny are 17mm, and the 4 screws that are on the passenger and go horizontally are 8mm screws
Now after removing the screws right next to the oil filter there was a small gap put a flathead screw driver and pry the oil pan off
6.With the oil pan removed, remove the 2 long screws that hold the oil pickup, the black tube and remove the oil pickup. Put the pickup aside in and keep it clean
7.Remove 4x10mm bolts that hold the balance shaft assembly from the block. Use caution as the balance shaft assembly is heavy (18lbs, 8.1 kg) if you do the operation on the back trust me that thing is freaking heavy. Set the assembly aside. A lot oil will spill when you take out the shaft from the hole that the kit will go on. If you place the bsd right under the car you will see that one of the legs (lack of a better word) that where attaching the balance shaft on the block a small secondary hole that was the oil feed for the balance shaft now look on the block you will see the extra hole right in front of the oil filter.
8.Place Cosworth Balance Shaft delete plate with O-ringed bung into the oil supply port used by the balance shaft assembly.
Before the cosworth
After the cosworth
9.Use a small amount of Red Loctite on the attachment bolt and secure the plate to the block. The bolt should be torqued to 20ft/lbs.
10.Reinstall the oil pick-up tube and torque 8-10ft/lbs. WARrniNG I scraped a screw here don’t use more power then brain the screw will broke. I had a nice neighbor that made me a custom screw.
11.Use the Gasket Scraper (a razor blade will do in a pinch) to remove any old sealant from the block and oil pan mating surfaces. A trick that my father teach me (after giving me the shit for opening the engine :D) put some gasoline on the old sealant it works perfectly the old sealant just peeled off by its self. Use a clean rag to remove any oil from the mating surfaces on the oil pan.
12.
Sparingly apply Ultra-Grey Silicone to the oil pan sealing surfaces. The best method is to smear the silicone across the surface evenly with your finger. DO NOT USE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SILICONE! Excess will simply squeeze out when the pan is tightened and make a mess! Excess inside the oil pan can get loose and clog the pickup or get caught in moving parts.The underlined text is a copy from marcymotorsports install I call it bs
From the service manual fallow the line of the oil pan and put the silicon gasket the silicon line has to be min 2.2mm and max 3.5mm don’t use the finger to spread the silicon just by tightening the oil pan the silicon will spread out.
BEFORE APLYNG THE GASKET DO A TEST FIT FOR THE INSTALL OF THE OIL PAN IN MY CASE I REMOVED THE GUN PIECE THAT ATACHES THE TRANNY TO THE REAR ENGINE MOUNT 3X19MM SCREW cause was in the way. IF EVERIGHING OK TRY AGAIN once the silicon is on the oil pan you have to be fast and there is no second try you miss you have to redo the gasket.
13.Reinstall oil pan. Tighten bolts in the following order at 12-16ft/lbs
14.Place a drain pan under the oil filter. Remove the old filter and install the new one.
15.Pour 3 quarts of oil into the engine. Check for leaks. Add 2 additional quarts if there are no leaks.
16.Reinstall A/C Compressor and protector at 13-19ft/lbs.
17.Reinstall splash shield 6x12mm.
18.Go take a shower, whatever just let the car and silicon dry for a least 1 h
19.Start the engine but don’t rev-it let it warm completely and the stop the engine
20.check for oil leaks under the car….none then go zoom zoom
Hope this helps, special thnx to Philidonis, Brian aka MrTea, Flo a friend of mine, theBeansolider, Goldfish and to my father who even if he was very pissed off on me cause I opened the engine he helped me Thank you.
