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Cylinder Head - Installation

5-40prose procedure

DOHC engine. Heading printed as "Cylidner Head" (typo for Cylinder Head).

Continued from 5-39

Cylidner Head

Installation

  1. 1
    Install the cylinder head in reverse order of removal:
    NOTE: Cylinder head dowel pins and oil control jet must be aligned.
    Cylinder head gasket installation onto the engine block, showing the dowel pin, oil control jet and O-ring alignment.
  2. 2
    Tighten cylinder head bolts in two steps. In the first step tighten all bolts, in sequence, to about 30 N·m (3.0 kg-m, 22 lb-ft); in the final step tighten, in same sequence, to 68 N·m (6.8 kg-m, 49 lb-ft).
    NOTE: Apply engine oil to the cylinder head bolts and the washers.
    Use the longer bolts at the position No.1 and No.2 as shown.
    Cylinder head bolts torque sequence (top view of head) numbered 1 through 10, showing the diagonal tightening order.
  3. 3
    Install the intake manifold and tighten the nuts in a criss-cross pattern in 2 or 3 steps, beginning with the inner nuts.
    Intake manifold installation showing nut location and torque callout.
  4. 4
    Install the exhaust manifold and bracket.
    Exhaust manifold and bracket installation with the manifold gasket and bolt torque callouts.
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