Removal (Prizm)
- Disconnect negative battery cable. Drain cooling system. Raise and support vehicle. Remove lower engine covers.
- Remove air cleaner assembly. Disconnect accelerator cable at throttle body. Disconnect cruise control cable and electrical connection at cruise control actuator. Remove cruise control actuator and bracket.
- On A/T models, disconnect kickdown cable at transaxle. On all models, release fuel pressure. See FUEL PRESSURE RELEASE under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION. Disconnect necessary electrical connections, coolant hoses, vacuum hoses and fuel lines.
- Disconnect cold start injector pipe. If necessary, remove fuel rail with injectors attached. Disconnect electrical connections from fuel injectors.
- Remove fuel rail-to-cylinder head bolts. Remove fuel rail, with fuel injectors attached, from cylinder head. Ensure fuel injectors DO NOT fall off when removing fuel rail.
- Remove coolant inlet and outlet housings from cylinder head. Disconnect spark plug wires. Remove windshield washer reservoir. Disconnect exhaust pipe from exhaust manifold.
- Disconnect support brace from exhaust manifold. Remove cylinder head-to-cylinder block bracket. Remove timing belt. See TIMING BELT under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION.
- Disconnect electrical connections at distributor. Remove distributor cap. Mark rotor-to-distributor housing position and housing-to-cylinder head position. Remove retaining bolt and remove distributor assembly.
- Remove camshafts. See CAMSHAFTS under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION. Remove cylinder head bolts in proper sequence. Refer to Fig 1
. Note location and length of cylinder head bolts for installation reference. Remove cylinder head and gasket.
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