Removal (Impulse)
- Disconnect battery cables and relay box cables, if used. Disconnect headlight drive motor wiring. Remove hood strut, scribe hinge positions on hood and remove hood. Remove lower engine cover. Drain crankcase oil and cooling system. Remove lower and upper radiator hoses. Disconnect transmission oil cooler line, if used.
- Discharge A/C system and disconnect receiver-drier line. Disconnect A/C compressor line at condenser. Remove A/C compressor and set aside. Remove air duct to cylinder head cover/turbocharger. Remove throttle body/intercooler air duct hose. Disconnect accelerator cable at carburetor. On turbo models, disconnect air duct-to-intercooler hose.
- Disconnect injection pipe-to-pressure regulator hose. Disconnect fuel hose from fuel injection line at rear of engine. Disconnect canister purge hoses from vacuum chamber and at 3-way connector. Disconnect vacuum switching valve hoses from vacuum chamber and at 3-way connector.
- Disconnect fast idle solenoid vacuum hose from vacuum chamber. Disconnect fast idle solenoid-to-thermal valve vacuum hose. Disconnect wiring from fender skirt to cylinder head. Remove coil high tension wire. On models with digital instrument panel, disconnect fast idle solenoid, boost sensor wiring, and vacuum hose.
- Disconnect oil pressure sending unit, oil pressure switch and coolant temperature sensor wiring. Disconnect knock sensor and I-TEC wiring. Disconnect crankshaft position sensor wiring at distributor. Disconnect starter wiring and engine-to-rear crossmember ground cable.
- Remove right engine mount nut. Remove air intake duct in front of engine. Remove radiator reservoir hose. Disconnect alternator and oxygen sensor wiring. Disconnect cruise control-to-vacuum chamber hose. Disconnect automatic transmission control wiring, if used.
- Disconnect power brake unit vacuum hose from intake manifold. Disconnect heater hoses. Remove heat shield from left engine mount and remove mount bolt. Disconnect power steering lines. Remove drive shaft. Disconnect speedometer cable. Disconnect shift lever from automatic transmission, if used.
- Remove clutch slave cylinder from manual transmission, if used. Remove exhaust pipe bracket, catalytic converter and mount. Disconnect exhaust pipe from exhaust manifold. Support engine and remove rear engine mount. Remove engine and transmission from vehicle.