The Front Crankshaft Seal Part # AJ811449 is common to JLR 5.0L V8 and supercharged 3.0L V6.
A special tool, #303-134, is utilized for spin-in installation (clock-wise) and removal (counter-clock-wise).
The 11 May 2011 edition of the XK Service manual cautions to not over-tighten.
Similar, an XF reference advises that lubrication is not required upon installation.
However, there is no mention of a sealant for the seal to front engine cover interface.
Is there additional information information in a TSB or elsewhere?
Thanks.
Bill Seal - toward engine Seal - away from engine Engine front cover with seal.
Bill, looking in my service manual on the 5.0L engine, it talks about installing the seal, torquing it to "26" (not sure if this is n-M or ft-lbs). Seeing how it mentions no lubricants, that would imply that you shouldn't use any. Using a lubricant would change the torque that it needs to be torqued to and since there are numerous warnings about over tightening this seal will cause damage to the engine, i would read that to mean you don't need to use anything on the seal when installing.
