will be replacing the crank and auxillary oil seals this week and i want to know if you push them in dry or do you lightly lube them to help them slide in?

 

lube them up.

 

Nothing on the outside of the seal, but on the inner sealing face use a bit of grease rather than oil, works and makes it slide better.
Just use VITON for best long lasting seal.
tabetha

 

tabetha put this oil seal in tonight can you tell me if the seal just sits flush with the front of the cover or do you push it back as far as it goes?

 

If you look on the underside you will see that it sits on three lugs, so it's a few mm below the top surface, though so long as it's at least flush and square it's ok, I always push mine all the way in, good to see you're using a viton seal, so much better and longer lasting.
tabetha

 

ok mate thanks again for your help.

 

Looking at your location, where's Jara ?
tabetha

 

its about 9 miles from newcastle,jara is slang for jarrow.

 

Got a lovely beach

 

Must admit never heard of jarrow, but I'm still young at 45 yo!!
tabetha

 

ok tabetha pushed them seals right back and it looks perfect,also managed to get my sump on,pulleys on and timed up,im confident ive timed them up properly but the question ive got now is,is there surpose to be a washer behind the tensioner as when i was turning the engine over by hand the belt wanted to come off the cam pulleys.

 

Tensioner goes against the head with no washer between it and the head.
The GUIDE for the belt is a dished washer fitted on the crankshaft prior to putting the crank pulley back on, additional guide is the lips on the tensioner.
Your belt looks seriously VERY wrong, you are putting the flat part of the tensioner against the block, the outer part of the tensioner has a bel shape bit where a rubber bung sits in that the timing belt cover rubs on, you have fitted the dished washer, on the crank ?.
Smudge that just spotted it the cam pulleys are on the wrong way!!, remove and turn around the outer is facing in and vice versa, so you've got what should be the outside face facing the engine!!
tabetha

 

yes mate tensioner flat against the head,belt guide is on the crankshaft,so you think the camshaft pulleys need turned around?

 

They are back to front

 

the pulleys will be getting changed along with belt and tensioner when the engine gets put back in,just wanted to put it back together,get some oil back in it and be able to turn it over,it wont be going back in for a while yet,ill get them pulleys turned around tommorrow.
cheers