Disassembly and Assembly: Disassembly
- Remove auto tensioners and idler pulley. Refer to Exploded View .
- Remove oil level gauge and oil level gauge guide. Refer to Exploded View .
- Remove alternator bracket and alternator stay.
- Remove camshaft position sensors.
A
: Keep free from magnetic materials
CAUTION:- Handle carefully to avoid dropping and shocks.
- Never disassemble.
- Never allow metal powder to cling to magnetic part at sensor tip.
- Never place sensors in a location where they are exposed to magnetism.
- Remove high pressure fuel pump and lifter. Exploded View .CAUTION: After removing lifter, replace lifter with a new one.
- Remove water suction hose and water suction pipe. Refer to Exploded View .
- Remove valve timing control cover as per the following:
- Disconnect valve timing control solenoid valve harness connector.
- Loosen mounting bolts in the reverse order as shown in the figure, below.
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A
: Bank 2
B
: Bank 1
C
: Dowel pin hole
CAUTION:- Exercise care not to damage mating surfaces.
- Shaft is internally jointed with camshaft sprocket center hole. When removing, keep it horizontal until it is completely disconnected.
- Remove valve timing control solenoid valve (INT and EXH), if necessary.CAUTION: Valve timing control solenoid valve is not reusable. Never remove it unless required.
- Remove fuel pump connector protector. Refer to Exploded View .
- Remove O-rings (1) from front cover.
- Remove rocker cover. Refer to Exploded View .
- Obtain No. 1 cylinder at TDC of its compression stroke. Refer to Inspection .
- Remove oil cooler tube and hose. Refer to Exploded View .
- Remove air compressor bracket.
- Remove crankshaft pulley. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove water pump pulley. Refer to Exploded View .
- Remove oil pan (lower) and oil strainer. Refer to Exploded View (2WD models) or Exploded View (AWD models).
- Remove oil pan (upper). Refer to Exploded View .
- Remove front cover as per the following:
- Loosen mounting bolts (A), and then remove camshaft bracket (1).
- Loosen mounting bolts in reverse order as shown in the figure, below.
- Insert a suitable tool into the notch at front cover.
- Pry off case by moving a suitable tool.
CAUTION:- Exercise care not to damage mating surfaces.
- After removal, handle front cover carefully so it does not tilt, cant, or warp under a load.
- Loosen mounting bolts (A), and then remove camshaft bracket (1).
- Remove front oil seal from front cover using suitable tool.
- Use screwdriver for removal.
CAUTION: Be careful not to damage front cover. - Remove O-rings (1), (2) from cylinder heads and cylinder block.
- Remove oil filter (for valve timing control solenoid valve), if necessary.
- Remove timing chain tensioner cover from front cover, if necessary.
- Use seal cutter [SST: KV10111100 (J-37228)] to cut liquid gasket for removal.
- Remove oil pump drive chain as per the following:
- Remove oil pump drive chain tensioner.
- Remove timing chain tensioner (bank 1) as per the following:NOTE: To remove timing chain and related parts, start with those on bank 1. The procedure for removing parts on bank 2 is omitted because it is the same as that for bank 1.
- Remove high pressure fuel pump camshaft.
- Remove tension guide and slack guide.
- Remove timing chain and crankshaft sprocket.CAUTION: After removing timing chain, never turn crankshaft and camshaft separately, or valves will strike the piston head.
- Remove intake and exhaust camshaft sprocket as per the following:
- Secure the hexagonal portion (located in between journal No. 1 and journal No. 2) of drive shaft (A) using a wrench (B) to loosen mounting bolt. Refer to Exploded View .
: Engine front
NOTE: The figure shows an example of bank 2.
- Secure the hexagonal portion (located in between journal No. 1 and journal No. 2) of drive shaft (A) using a wrench (B) to loosen mounting bolt. Refer to Exploded View .
- Never loosen the mounting bolt by securing anything other than the camshaft (drive shaft) hexagonal portion or with tensioning the timing chain.
- When holding the hexagonal part of camshaft (drive shaft) with a wrench, be careful not to allow the wrench to cause interference with other parts.
- Never disassemble camshaft sprocket. [NEVER loosen bolts (C) as shown in the figure, below.]
A
: Intake
B
: Exhaust
- Use scraper to remove all traces of old liquid gasket from front cover and opposite mating surfaces.
CAUTION: