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Oil Pan Adapter used on 2009 Toyota
Camry
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Oil Pan Adapter Overview
An oil pan adapter in the form of a rectangular
frame with transverse reinforcing ribs is mounted to
the underside of a cylinder block both for the
higher adaptability for the installation of various
type oil pans and for noise reduction through the
damping of cylinder block vibration. One of
the opposite end faces of the oil pan adapter is
held against a flywheel housing mounted to one end
of the cylinder block. For fluid tightly
sealing this end face of the oil pan adapter, there
is formed therein a generally U shaped groove
including a pair of vertical limbs each having a
horizontal limb joined to its top end. Each
horizontal limb is open not only toward the flywheel
housing but also toward the cylinder block. A
sealing strip of matching shape and size is engaged
in this U shaped groove to be held against both the
flywheel housing and the cylinder block.
The oil pan is associated with a separate flange
which can be mounted on an existing engine block. An
adaptor is utilized to mate with the existing engine
block and with the flange in order to permit
mounting of the improved oil pan with the existing
engine block. In addition, there is provided
an over center latch which is utilized to clamp the
oil pan and flange to the adaptor. The clamp
has a band with a reversed-roll and is formed into a
channel to provide an improved mounting operation
and to avoid mechanical problems therewith.
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