Oil consumption woes

[DavidBrough]

Hi guys, Well the engine is now out and sitting on the garage floor, Hurrah. However, it was much more fiddly than I thought it would be and I can see it being difficult to put back. The problem I had, apart from doing it on my own, was that the unit kept fouling the throttle linkage on the bulk head. To get past this I had to increase the angle of the engine but couldn’t do this until the gearbox had cleared the steering linkage as the engine wouldn’t go far enough forward to allow the head to stop fouling the rear bulk head and throttle linkage when lifted, hope that makes sense. Anyway after much jacking/lowering/lifting/everything else and a considerable amount of force on the throttle linkage it eventually came out at the required 45deg angle. After all that, my point is, is it normal to have such a fight with the throttle linkage or have I missed something in the process. All round, it would have been much simpler to have removed the head which I think I will do when putting everything back in.

[Benz Dr.]

I remove the rear throttle shaft at the firewall. It usually gets bent if you don't.
Remove the small bearings that hold it in place and pull it out of the way. You will also need to remove the screw that holds it to the arm that goes through the firewall.

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[DavidBrough]

Thanks Dan, I have now managed to remove the throttle shaft after loosening the servo mounts and moving it forward a little. I’m sure the engine will be much easier to put back with this off. Hopefully I didn’t bend it too much taking the engine out.

[DavidBrough]

Hi Guys, Well the engine is now at the re-builders and I’m busy cleaning/painting/plating various bits to make the whole thing look nice. In addition, I am also reading through the manuals I have to make sure everything goes back properly. However, I have now discovered my first problem as having already deep cleaned the oil filter housing by first removing ALL the bolts and connectors only to find that the manual says DO NOT remove the centre canister mounting bolt as this is glued in, Oops. Hopefully this can be glued back but does anyone know what adhesive I should use?