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Cylinder Head - Installation (SOHC)

5-33prose procedure

SOHC cylinder head installation.

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Installation

  1. 1
    Intall the cylinder head in reverse order of removal:
  2. 2
    Cylinder head dowel pins and oil control jet must be aligned.
    Exploded view of the cylinder head onto the engine block, showing the cylinder head gasket, dowel pins, oil control jet with O-ring, timing belt, crankshaft pulley and the intake manifold bracket with its mounting bolt.
  3. 3
    Install the intake manifold and tighten the nuts in a criss-cross pattern, beginning with the inner nuts.
    Exploded view of the intake manifold installation onto the cylinder head, showing the intake manifold gasket, intake manifold, and intake manifold bracket with fastener torque callouts.
  4. 4
    Tighten cylinder head bolts in two steps. In the first step tighten all bolts and nuts, in sequence, to about 30 N·m (3.0 kg, 22 lb-ft); in the final step tighten, in same sequence, to 68 N·m (6.8 kg-m, 49 lb-ft).
    Apply engine oil to the cylinder head bolts and the washers.
    Cylinder head torque sequence diagram showing the tightening order of the ten cylinder head bolts (numbered 1-10) across the head.
  5. 5
    Adjust the valve timing.
  6. 6
    Install the exhaust manifold and bracket.
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