smsms Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Today was my first attempt to remove the cylinder head. The idiot that I am forgot that I should turn the cam clockwise. I made several counterclockwise turns. Did I mess up my oil pump? I drained all the oil before doing any of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbill Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Why should you turn the cam at all to take the head off? Once the head is off you can turn the cam if you want. You just have to make sure it's back in the right position when you put it back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smsms Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 I turned the cam to get the piston at TDC in order to mark the timing chain position before I removed the head for easier reassembly. I'm just worried that I messed up my oil pump, because I turned it at least 10 times in the wrong direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbill Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 So you turned the whole engine by turning the cam, and the wrong way? Which is to say you turned the crank by pulling on the tight side of the chain? That won't be a problem for the oil pump. Don't think that'll be a problem at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smsms Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 Yeah pretty much. I hope it wont be a problem, I guess I'll find out once I get it running again. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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