Removal and Installation: Installation

• Install timing chain tensioner with its stopper pin attached.
• Install timing chain tensioner with sliding part facing downward on right-side cylinder head, and with sliding part facing upward on left-side cylinder head.
• Install new O-rings as shown.
  CAUTION: Do not reuse O-rings.
  Fig 1: Identifying Timing Chain Tensioner (secondary) And Stopper Pin From Cylinder Head (Right And Left Blank)

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• Install it in the original position.

• Install camshaft with dowel pin attached to its front end face on the exhaust side.
  Fig 2: Identifying Intake And Exhaust Side And Dowel Pin

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• Follow your identification marks made during removal, or follow the identification marks that are present on new camshafts for proper placement and direction.

  Bank	INT/EXH	Dowel pin	Paint marks		Identification mark
  			M1	M2
  RH	INT	No	Green	No	RE
  	EXH	Yes	No	White	RE
  LH	INT	No	Green	No	LH
  	EXH	Yes	No	White	LH

  Fig 3: Identifying Camshaft Identification Marks And Dowel Pin (Right And Left Blank)

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• Install camshaft so that dowel pin hole and dowel pin on front end face are positioned as shown. (No. 1 cylinder TDC on its compression stroke)
  NOTE:

  • Large and small pin holes are located on front end face of camshaft (INT), at intervals of 180°. Face small dia. side pin hole upward (in cylinder head upper face direction).
  • Though camshaft does not stop at the portion as shown, for the placement of cam nose, it is generally accepted camshaft is placed for the same direction as shown.
    Fig 4: Identifying Dowel Pin Hole (Small Dia Side) And Dowel Pin Of Camshaft

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• Remove foreign material completely from camshaft bracket backside and from cylinder head installation face.
• Install camshaft bracket in original position and direction as shown.
  Fig 5: Identifying Exhaust And Intake Side Camshaft Brackets

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• Install camshaft brackets (No. 2 to 4) aligning the stamp marks as shown.
  NOTE: There are no identification marks indicating left and right for camshaft bracket (No. 1).
  Fig 6: Identifying Stamp Marks On Camshaft (Right And Left Blank)

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• Apply liquid gasket to mating surface of camshaft bracket (No. 1) as shown on right and left banks.

  Use Genuine RTV Silicone Sealant or equivalent. Refer to  "RECOMMENDED CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND SEALANTS ".

  Fig 7: Applying Liquid Gasket To Mating Surface Of Camshaft Bracket

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Camshaft bracket bolts 

Step 1 (bolts 7 - 10): 1.96 N.m (0.2 kg-m, 17 in-lb) 

Step 2 (bolts 1 - 6): 1.96 N.m (0.2 kg-m, 17 in-lb) 

Step 3 (bolts 1 - 10): 5.88 N.m (0.6 kg-m, 52 in-lb) 

Step 4 (bolts 1 - 10): 10.4 N.m (1.1 kg-m, 92 in-lb) 

Fig 8: Tightening Sequence Of Camshaft Bracket Bolts

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Standard: -0.14 to 0.14 mm (-0.0055 to 0.0055 in) 

Fig 9: Measuring Difference In Levels Between Front End Faces Of Camshaft Bracket

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• Measure two positions (both intake and exhaust side) for a single bank.
• If the measured value is out of the standard, re-install camshaft bracket (No. 1).