OEM Ford Freestyle Oil Pan Baffle

Ford Freestyle Oil Pan Baffle Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Baffle Plate, Upper
  YL8Z-6687-AA
  Q: How to service and repair the oil pan baffle while ensuring cleanliness during engine repair procedures on Ford Freestyle?

  A: Service and repair procedures for the oil pan baffle should always maintain a clean environment because any foreign material entering oil or coolant passages will result in engine failure. Start the service of the oil pan baffle by fixing the vehicle to a hoist while shifting the transmission into neutral gear. Annoy the removal process is to commence by unfastening the eight baffle nuts before pulling out the oil pump screen and the pickup tube. At baffle installation time tighten the nuts in two steps beginning at 5 Nm (44 inch lbs.) and proceeding to another 45-degree turn. After securing the oil pan baffle with eight nuts and tightening them according to the specified torques, reverse the removal process to finish the installation.