Camshafts, Removing And Installing: Removing

Fig 1: Identifying Vacuum Pump

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-- Remove the camshaft timing chains from the camshafts. Refer to CAMSHAFT TIMING CHAIN, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the vacuum pump to remove the camshafts in the left cylinder head. Refer to Electrical Brake Vacuum Pump V192 .

-- To remove the camshafts in the right cylinder head, remove the high pressure pump and pump motor housing. Refer to HIGH PRESSURE PUMP, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

Fig 2: High Pressure Pump & Bolts

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-- Remove the bolt -arrow- and remove the -N205- Camshaft Adjustment Valve 1 -N205- / Camshaft Adjustment Valve 2 -N208-.

Fig 3: Camshaft Adjustment Valve

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-- Disconnect the connector -1- from the Camshaft Position Sensor -G40- / Camshaft Position Sensor 2 -G163-.

Fig 4: Camshaft Position Sensor 2 -G163- Connector Location

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-- Remove the Ground (GND) wire bolt -2-.

Fig 5: Ground Wire Bolt -2-

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-- Free up the vacuum hose -1- on cylinder bank 2 (left).

Fig 6: Identifying Vacuum Hose -1-, Bolts -Arrows- And Cover -2-

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-- Remove the bolts -arrows- and remove the cover -2-.

-- Loosen the guide frame bolts in the following sequence: -21 through 1-.

Fig 7: Guide Frame Bolt Tightening Sequence

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-- Remove the bolts, carefully loosen the guide from out of the bond and place it with the camshafts on a soft surface.

-- Remove the Camshaft ClampT40133 -arrows-.

Fig 8: Camshaft Adjuster T40133

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-- Mark the camshafts, remove them and lay them on a clean surface.