Removal and Installation: Installation
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- Install timing chain tensioners (secondary) on both sides of cylinder head.
- 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.
- Install valve lifters.NOTE: Install valve lifters in their original positions.
- Install camshafts.
- Install camshaft with dowel pin attached to its front end face on the exhaust side.
- 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
- 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 deg.. Face small diameter. 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.
- Install camshaft with dowel pin attached to its front end face on the exhaust side.
- Install camshaft brackets.
- Remove foreign material completely from camshaft bracket backside and from cylinder head installation face.
- Install camshaft bracket in original position and direction as shown.
- 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).
- Apply liquid gasket to mating surface of camshaft bracket (No. 1) as shown on right and left banks.CAUTION:
- Use Genuine RTV Silicone Sealant or equivalent. Refer to Recommended Chemical Products and Sealants .
- The components must be installed within 5 minutes of the liquid gasket application. Then allow 30 minutes for the liquid gasket to set before operating the engine.
- Remove water, oil, dust, dirt, or other foreign material on all sealing surfaces prior to installation.
- Tighten camshaft bracket bolts in the following steps, in numerical order as shown.
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)
- Measure the difference in levels between front end faces of camshaft bracket (No. 1) and cylinder head.
Standard
: -0.14 to 0.14 mm (-0.0055 to 0.0055 in)
- 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).
- Check and adjust the valve clearance. Refer to Valve Clearance .
- Installation of the remaining components is in the reverse order of removal.