Cylinder Head Gasket (3MZ-FE): Replacement
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- DISCHARGE FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURE (See FUEL SYSTEM (3MZ-FE) )
- DISCONNECT BATTERY NEGATIVE TERMINAL
- DRAIN ENGINE COOLANT (See REPLACEMENT )
- DRAIN ENGINE OIL (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE FRONT WHEEL RH
- REMOVE FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER BRACE CENTER (W/O TEMS) (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE V-BANK COVER SUB-ASSY (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE AIR CLEANER CAP SUB-ASSY (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE EMISSION CONTROL VALVE SET (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE INTAKE AIR SURGE TANK (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE INTAKE MANIFOLD (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE WATER OUTLET (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE FRONT FENDER APRON SEAL RH
- REMOVE V (COOLER COMPRESSOR TO CRANKSHAFT PULLEY) BELT NO. 1 (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE VANE PUMP V BELT (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE ENGINE MOVING CONTROL ROD (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE ENGINE MOUNTING STAY NO. 2 RH (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE GENERATOR BRACKET NO. 2 (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY (See REPLACEMENT
)
SST 09213-54015 (91651-60855), 09330-00021, 09950-50013 (09951-05010, 09952-05010, 09953-05020, 09954-05031)
- REMOVE TIMING BELT NO. 1 COVER
- REMOVE TIMING BELT NO. 2 COVER (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE ENGINE MOUNTING BRACKET RH (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE TIMING BELT GUIDE NO. 2
- REMOVE TIMING BELT (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE TIMING BELT IDLER SUB-ASSY NO. 2
- REMOVE CAMSHAFT TIMING PULLEY (See REPLACEMENT
)
SST 09960-10010 (09962-01000, 09963-01000), 09249-63010
- REMOVE TIMING BELT NO. 3 COVER (See REPLACEMENT )
- SEPARATE VANE PUMP ASSY
- REMOVE EXHAUST PIPE NO. 1 SUPPORT BRACKET FRONT (See REMOVAL & INSTALLATION AND DISASSEMBLY & REASSEMBLY )
- REMOVE EXHAUST PIPE NO. 1 SUPPORT BRACKET REAR (See REMOVAL & INSTALLATION AND DISASSEMBLY & REASSEMBLY )
- REMOVE EXHAUST PIPE ASSY FRONT (See REMOVAL & INSTALLATION AND DISASSEMBLY & REASSEMBLY )
- REMOVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HEAT INSULATOR NO. 1
- Disconnect the air fuel ratio sensor connector.
- Remove the 3 bolts and exhaust manifold heat insulator.
- REMOVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD SUB-ASSY RH
- Using several steps, loosen and remove the 6 nuts in the sequence shown in the illustration.
- Remove the exhaust manifold RH and gasket from the cylinder head RH.
- REMOVE IGNITION COIL ASSY
- REMOVE CYLINDER HEAD COVER SUB-ASSY (See ADJUSTMENT )
- REMOVE CAMSHAFT (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE NO. 2 CAMSHAFT (See REPLACEMENT )
- REMOVE CYLINDER HEAD SUB-ASSY
- Disconnect the VVT sensor connector.
- Disconnect the camshaft timing oil control valve connector.
- Remove the nut, then disconnect the engine wire harness clamp.
- Using a socket hexagon wrench 8, remove the hexagon bolt.
- Using several steps, loosen the 8 cylinder head bolts uniformly in the sequence shown in the illustration. Remove the 8 cylinder head bolts and plate washers.NOTE:
- Be careful not to drop the washers into the cylinder head.
- Head warpage or cracking could result from removing the bolts in an incorrect order.
- REMOVE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET
- INSPECT CYLINDER HEAD SET BOLT
- Using vernier calipers, measure the tension portion diameter of the bolt.
Standard outside diameter:
8.95 to 9.05 mm (0.3524 to 0.3563 in.)
Minimum outside diameter: 8.75 mm (0.3445 in.)
If the diameter is less than minimum, replace the bolt.
- Using vernier calipers, measure the tension portion diameter of the bolt.
- INSTALL CYLINDER HEAD GASKET
- Place a new cylinder head gasket on the cylinder block with the R mark upward.NOTE:
- Remove any oil from the contact surface.
- Be careful of the installing orientation.
- Place the cylinder head on the gasket carefully in order not to damage the gasket at the bottom part of the head.
- Place a new cylinder head gasket on the cylinder block with the R mark upward.
- INSTALL CYLINDER HEAD SUB-ASSY NOTE: The cylinder head bolts are tightened in 2 successive steps.
- Apply a light coat of engine oil to the threads of the cylinder head bolts.
- Install the plate washers to the cylinder head bolts.
- Using several steps, install and tighten the 8 cylinder head bolts uniformly in the sequence shown in the illustration.
Torque: 54 N.m (550 kgf.cm, 40 ft.lbf)
- Mark the front side of each cylinder head bolt head with paint as shown in the illustration.
- Retighten the cylinder head bolts by 90° in the same sequence as step (c).
- Check that each painted mark is now at a 90° angle to the front.
- Using a socket hexagon wrench 8, install the hexagon bolt.
Torque: 19 N.m (189 kgf.cm, 14 ft.lbf)
- Connect the engine wire harness clamp with the nut.
Torque: 8.4 N.m (85 kgf.cm, 74 in.lbf)
- INSTALL NO. 2 CAMSHAFT (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL CAMSHAFT (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL CYLINDER HEAD COVER SUB-ASSY (See ADJUSTMENT )
- INSTALL IGNITION COIL ASSY (See ADJUSTMENT )
- INSTALL EXHAUST MANIFOLD SUB-ASSY RH
- Install a new gasket and the exhaust manifold RH with the 6 nuts. Using several steps, tighten the nuts uniformly in the sequence shown in the illustration.
Torque: 49 N.m (500 kgf.cm, 36 ft.lbf)
- Retighten nuts 1 and 2 shown in the illustration.
- Install a new gasket and the exhaust manifold RH with the 6 nuts. Using several steps, tighten the nuts uniformly in the sequence shown in the illustration.
- INSTALL EXHAUST MANIFOLD HEAT INSULATOR NO. 1
Torque: 8.5 N.m (87 kgf.cm, 75 ft.lbf)
- INSTALL EXHAUST PIPE ASSY FRONT (See REMOVAL & INSTALLATION AND DISASSEMBLY & REASSEMBLY )
- INSTALL EXHAUST PIPE NO. 1 SUPPORT BRACKET REAR (See REMOVAL & INSTALLATION AND DISASSEMBLY & REASSEMBLY )
- INSTALL EXHAUST PIPE NO. 1 SUPPORT BRACKET FRONT (See REMOVAL & INSTALLATION AND DISASSEMBLY & REASSEMBLY )
- INSTALL VANE PUMP ASSY (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL TIMING BELT NO. 3 COVER (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL CAMSHAFT TIMING PULLEY (See REPLACEMENT
)
SST 09960-10010 (09962-01000, 09963-01000), 09249-63010
- INSTALL TIMING BELT IDLER SUB-ASSY NO. 2 (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSPECT TIMING BELT (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL TIMING BELT (See REPLACEMENT
)
SST 09960-10010 (09962-01000, 09963-01000)
- INSTALL TIMING BELT TENSIONER ASSY (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL TIMING BELT GUIDE NO. 2 (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL ENGINE MOUNTING BRACKET RH (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL TIMING BELT NO. 2 COVER (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL TIMING BELT NO. 1 COVER (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL CRANKSHAFT PULLEY (See REPLACEMENT
)
SST 09213-54015 (91651-60855), 09330-00021
- INSTALL GENERATOR BRACKET NO. 2 (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL ENGINE MOUNTING STAY NO. 2 RH (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL ENGINE MOVING CONTROL ROD (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL VANE PUMP V BELT (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL V (COOLER COMPRESSOR TO CRANKSHAFT PULLEY) BELT NO. 1 (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSPECT DRIVE BELT DEFLECTION AND TENSION (See INSPECTION )
- INSTALL WATER OUTLET (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL INTAKE MANIFOLD (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL INTAKE AIR SURGE TANK (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL EMISSION CONTROL VALVE SET (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL AIR CLEANER CAP SUB-ASSY (See REPLACEMENT )
- CHECK CONNECTION OF VACUUM HOSE (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL V-BANK COVER SUB-ASSY (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER BRACE CENTER (W/O TEMS) (See REPLACEMENT )
- INSTALL FRONT WHEEL RH (See REPLACEMENT )
- ADD ENGINE OIL (See REPLACEMENT )
- ADD ENGINE COOLANT (See REPLACEMENT )
- CHECK FOR ENGINE OIL LEAKS
- CHECK FOR ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS (See INSPECTION )
- INSPECT FOR FUEL LEAKS
- CHECK FOR EXHAUST GAS LEAKS
- INSPECT IGNITION TIMING (See INSPECTION
)
SST 09843-18040
- INSPECT ENGINE IDLE SPEED (See INSPECTION )
- INSPECT COMPRESSION (See INSPECTION
)
SST 09992-00500
- INSPECT CO/HC (See INSPECTION )
- SYSTEM INITIALIZATION (See PRECAUTION )