Oil pump

[RCP Diesel]

Somewhere between calling a friend, and my torque wrench my oil pump bolts got torqued to 38lb/ft instead of 18lb/ft.

Im guessing because of the gap between the pump and the block this is crushing the rubber gasket too much.

Will in need to replace the gasket when I pull the pump again to torque to the correct specs?

Thanks

 

[RCP Diesel]

anyone?

 

[ewatts2003]

Yes.

 

[Diehard Ram]

There is no gasket behind the oil pump. It bolts directly to the block.

 

[RCP Diesel]

there is a rubber gasket that has 2 small screws holding it to the pump.

 

[WUnderwood]

can you take a pic?

 

[RCP Diesel]

heres a pic i found on google. its like a hard rubber/plastic that hits the block when you tighten the bolts.

 

[Diehard Ram]

I've rebuilt alot of 5.9, more than i can remember. And i never saw that gasket in any gasket kit that i got from Cummins.

 

[RCP Diesel]

I'm not sure, that was a pic from google, just searched for cummins oil pump and went to images, and looks exactly like my pump.

Either way its back together now, thanks for the help.

 

[LReiff]

If that was a material other than steel it would press into the gear and get torn into shreds. It's only there to hold the pump gear in place during assembly.

 

[joefarmer]

It's all steel. Mine went in tonight with red loctite and > 50 ft/lbs.