Preliminary Work
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2010 Porsche Cayenne, 2009 Porsche Cayenne, and 2008 Porsche Cayenne. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove belt tensioner. → Removing belt tensioner
Pfeile - Cheese head bolts on belt tensioner
- Release the engine wire harness around the cylinder head. → WM 975219 Removing and installing wire harness for engine
- Remove bar ignition modules. → WM 282020 REMOVING AND INSTALLING DFI BAR IGNITION MODULES
- Remove intake-air distributor. → Removing intake-air distributor
- Remove cylinder head cover (valve cover). → 158219 REMOVING AND INSTALLING CYLINDER HEAD COVER ON V6 DFI ENGINES
- Remove upper timing-case cover. → Removing timing-case cover
- Set cylinder 1 to compression TDC. → 150502 CHECKING THE TIMING ON V6 DFI ENGINES
- Remove timing chain from the camshaft controllers and set it aside. To do this, remove both camshaft controllers. → 158419 REMOVING AND INSTALLING CAMSHAFT CONTROLLER ON V6 DFI ENGINES