PROCEDURE
REMOVE WATER BY-PASS PIPE
Remove the 3 bolts and water by-pass pipe from the cylinder head sub-assembly and timing chain cover sub-assembly.
Remove the 2 water by-pass pipe gaskets from the water by-pass pipe.
REMOVE OIL LEVEL DIPSTICK SUB-ASSEMBLY
Remove the oil level dipstick sub-assembly from the oil level dipstick guide.
REMOVE OIL LEVEL DIPSTICK GUIDE
Remove the bolt and oil level dipstick guide from the cylinder head sub-assembly and oil pan sub-assembly.
REMOVE OIL LEVEL DIPSTICK GUIDE O-RING
Remove the oil level dipstick guide O-ring from the oil level dipstick guide.
REMOVE SPARK PLUG
REMOVE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR
Remove the bolt and camshaft position sensor from the cylinder head sub-assembly.
Note
If the camshaft position sensor has been struck or dropped, replace it.
REMOVE ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR
Using a 19 mm union nut wrench, remove the engine coolant temperature sensor and gasket from the cylinder head sub-assembly.
Note
If the engine coolant temperature sensor has been struck or dropped, replace it.
REMOVE CAMSHAFT TIMING OIL CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY
Remove the bolt and camshaft timing oil control valve assembly from the cylinder head sub-assembly.
Note
If the camshaft timing oil control valve assembly has been struck or dropped, replace it.
REMOVE CAM TIMING OIL CONTROL VALVE O-RING
Remove the cam timing oil control valve O-ring from the camshaft timing oil control valve assembly.
REMOVE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR
Remove the bolt and crankshaft position sensor from the timing chain cover sub-assembly.
Note
If the crankshaft position sensor has been struck or dropped, replace it.
REMOVE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH ASSEMBLY
Using a 24 mm deep socket wrench, remove the engine oil pressure switch assembly from the cylinder block sub-assembly.
Note
If the engine oil pressure switch assembly has been struck or dropped, replace it.
REMOVE KNOCK SENSOR
Remove the bolt and knock sensor from the cylinder block sub-assembly.
Note
If the knock sensor has been struck or dropped, replace it.
REMOVE OIL CONTROL VALVE FILTER
| *1 | Oil Control Valve Filter |
| *2 | Cylinder Head Screw Plug Gasket |
| *3 | Head Taper Screw Plug |
Using an 8 mm hexagon socket wrench, remove the head taper screw plug with the oil control valve filter and cylinder head screw plug gasket from the cylinder head sub-assembly.
Remove the oil control valve filter from the head taper screw plug.
REMOVE OIL FILLER CAP SUB-ASSEMBLY
Remove the oil filler cap sub-assembly from the cylinder head cover sub-assembly.
Remove the oil filler cap gasket from the oil filler cap sub-assembly.
REMOVE CYLINDER HEAD COVER SUB-ASSEMBLY
Remove the 16 bolts and cylinder head cover sub-assembly from the cylinder head sub-assembly.
REMOVE CYLINDER HEAD COVER GASKET
Remove the cylinder head cover gasket from the cylinder head cover sub-assembly.
REMOVE PCV VALVE (VENTILATION VALVE SUB-ASSEMBLY)
Remove the PCV valve (ventilation valve sub-assembly) from the ventilation system grommet.
REMOVE VENTILATION SYSTEM GROMMET
Remove the ventilation system grommet from the cylinder head cover sub-assembly.
REMOVE GROMMET
Remove the 2 grommets from the cylinder head cover sub-assembly.
REMOVE OIL PAN DRAIN PLUG
Remove the oil pan drain plug and oil pan drain plug gasket from the oil pan sub-assembly.
REMOVE OIL PAN SUB-ASSEMBLY
Remove the 13 bolts and 2 nuts.
| *a | Oil Pan Seal Cutter |
Insert the blade of an oil pan seal cutter between the oil pan sub-assembly and cylinder block sub-assembly. Cut through the applied sealer and remove the oil pan sub-assembly from the cylinder block sub-assembly and timing chain cover sub-assembly.
Note
Be careful not to damage the contact surfaces of the oil pan sub-assembly, cylinder block sub-assembly and timing chain cover sub-assembly.
REMOVE NO. 1 OIL PAN BAFFLE PLATE
Remove the 4 bolts and No. 1 oil pan baffle plate from the No. 2 oil pan sub-assembly.
REMOVE NO. 2 OIL PAN SUB-ASSEMBLY
Remove the 2 bolts and No. 2 oil pan sub-assembly from the oil pan sub-assembly.
REMOVE STRAIGHT PIN
Tech Tips
Perform this procedure only when replacement of the straight pin is necessary.
| *a | Upper Side |
Remove the 2 straight pins from the oil pan sub-assembly.
REMOVE OIL STRAINER SUB-ASSEMBLY
Remove the 3 bolts and oil strainer sub-assembly from the timing chain cover sub-assembly.
Remove the oil strainer gasket from the oil strainer sub-assembly.
REMOVE WATER INLET
REMOVE THERMOSTAT
REMOVE ENGINE WATER PUMP ASSEMBLY
Remove the 5 bolts and engine water pump assembly from the timing chain cover sub-assembly.
Remove the water pump gasket from the timing chain cover sub-assembly.
REMOVE OIL FILTER SUB-ASSEMBLY
REMOVE OIL FILTER BRACKET
Remove the 3 bolts and oil filter bracket from the timing chain cover sub-assembly.
Remove the oil filter bracket gasket from the timing chain cover sub-assembly.
SET NO. 1 CYLINDER TO TDC/EXHAUST
| *a | Timing Mark |
Turn the crankshaft pulley clockwise to align the timing mark of the crankshaft pulley with the timing mark of the timing chain cover sub-assembly (set the No. 1 piston to TDC/exhaust).
| *a | Timing Mark |
Make sure that the timing mark of the camshaft timing gear is at the top.
Tech Tips
If the timing mark is not at the top, turn the crankshaft pulley 1 revolution so that the timing mark comes to the top (set the No. 1 piston to TDC/exhaust).
REMOVE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY
REMOVE TIMING CHAIN COVER SUB-ASSEMBLY
REMOVE TIMING GEAR COVER TIGHT PLUG
REMOVE TIMING CHAIN COVER OIL SEAL
REMOVE NO. 1 CHAIN TENSIONER ASSEMBLY
| *1 | Stopper Plate |
| *2 | Plunger |
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Push Up |
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Push |
Push up the stopper plate to release the lock and push in the plunger.
| *1 | Stopper Plate |
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Pull Down |
Pull down the stopper plate with the plunger pushed to the end and lock the plunger.
| *1 | Stopper Plate |
| *a | 3 mm Hexagon Wrench |
Insert a 3 mm hexagon wrench into the stopper plate hole.
Remove the 2 bolts and No. 1 chain tensioner assembly with the chain tensioner gasket from the cylinder block sub-assembly.
Remove the chain tensioner gasket from the No. 1 chain tensioner assembly.
REMOVE TIMING CHAIN TENSION ARM
Remove the bolt and timing chain tensioner arm from the cylinder block sub-assembly.
REMOVE CHAIN SUB-ASSEMBLY
Remove the chain sub-assembly.
REMOVE TIMING CHAIN GUIDE
Remove the 2 bolts and timing chain guide from the cylinder head sub-assembly and cylinder block sub-assembly.
REMOVE CRANKSHAFT TIMING GEAR OR SPROCKET
Remove the crankshaft timing gear or sprocket from the crankshaft.
REMOVE CRANKSHAFT STRAIGHT PIN
Remove the crankshaft straight pin from the crankshaft.
REMOVE CAMSHAFT TIMING SPROCKET ASSEMBLY
Rotate the crankshaft 90° clockwise.
Note
Do not allow lifted valve and piston to come into contact with each other when removing the camshaft.
| *a | Turn |
| *b | Hold |
Using a wrench to hold the hexagonal portion of the camshaft, remove the bolt and camshaft timing sprocket assembly from the camshaft.
REMOVE CAMSHAFT TIMING GEAR
| *a | Turn |
| *b | Hold |
Using a wrench to hold the hexagonal portion of the No. 2 camshaft, remove the bolt and camshaft timing gear from the No. 2 camshaft.
REMOVE CAMSHAFT BEARING CAP
| *1 | No. 1 Camshaft Bearing Cap |
| *2 | No. 2 Camshaft Bearing Cap |
Remove the 15 bolts, No. 1 camshaft bearing cap and No. 2 camshaft bearing caps from the cylinder head sub-assembly in the order shown in the illustration.
REMOVE NO. 2 CAMSHAFT
Remove the No. 2 camshaft from the cylinder head sub-assembly.
REMOVE CAMSHAFT
Remove the camshaft from the cylinder head sub-assembly.
REMOVE REAR ENGINE OIL SEAL RETAINER
Remove the 4 bolts and rear engine oil seal retainer from the cylinder block sub-assembly.
REMOVE STUD BOLT
Using an E6 "TORX" socket wrench, remove the stud bolt from the rear engine oil seal retainer.
REMOVE ENGINE REAR OIL SEAL
| *a | Protective Tape |
| *b | Wooden Block |
Using a wooden block and screwdriver with its tip wrapped with protective tape, pry out the engine rear oil seal from the rear engine oil seal retainer.
Note
Do not damage the surface of the rear engine oil seal retainer press fit hole.
REMOVE VALVE LIFTER
Remove the 12 valve lifters from the cylinder head sub-assembly.
Note
Make a note of the inscribed mark on the valve lifters for each valve after removing them.
Arrange the valve lifters for each cylinder in the correct order.
REMOVE CYLINDER HEAD SUB-ASSEMBLY
REMOVE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET
REMOVE CYLINDER BLOCK WATER JACKET SPACER
Remove the cylinder block water jacket spacer from the cylinder block sub-assembly.