Camshaft (For Bank 1) Removal

Remove the engine with transaxle (RAV4_ACA30 RM0000019Y9015X.html)

Remove the bolt, nut and crossmember.

Remove the bolt and suspension crossmember.

Remove the engine wire from the engine.

Disconnect the starter connector.

Open the terminal cap, remove the nut and disconnect the starter wire.

Remove the 2 bolts and starter.

Remove the 2 bolts and flywheel housing under cover.

Turn the crankshaft to gain access and remove the 6 bolts while holding the crankshaft pulley bolt with a wrench.

Remove the 3 lower side mounting bolts.

Remove the 7 upper side mounting bolts.

Separate and remove the automatic transaxle.

except K111F:
Remove the 6 nuts, 2 bolts and transfer from the transaxle.

for K111F:
Remove the 6 nuts and transfer from the transaxle.

Using SST, hold the crankshaft.

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Remove the 8 bolts, front spacer, drive plate and rear spacer.

NOTICE:

Do not reuse the bolts.

Install the engine to an engine stand. Remove the sling device and chain block from the engine.

Disconnect the 2 water by-pass hoses from the throttle body.

Disconnect the vapor feed hose.

Disconnect the throttle body connector and clamp.

Disconnect the connector.

Disconnect the No. 1 ventilation hose and vacuum hose.

Remove the 2 bolts and throttle body bracket.

Remove the 2 bolts and No. 1 surge tank stay.

Using a 5 mm socket hexagon wrench, remove the 4 bolts.

Remove the 2 nuts and surge tank.

Remove the gasket from the surge tank.

Remove the 6 bolts and 6 coils from the cylinder head.

Remove the bolt and mounting stay.

Remove the 6 bolts, 4 nuts, intake manifold and 2 gaskets.

Remove the 2 bolts, nut and manifold stay.

Disconnect the air fuel ratio sensor connector clamp.

Uniformly loosen and remove the 6 nuts.

Remove the manifold and gasket.

Rotate the tensioner pulley counterclockwise to loosen the belt tension. Then remove the V-ribbed belt.

While turning the belt tensioner counterclockwise, align its holes, and then insert a 5 mm bi-hexagon wrench into the holes to fix the V-ribbed belt tensioner in place.

Remove the bolt, No. 2 idler pulley cover plate, idler pulley and idler pulley cover plate.

Disconnect the connector.

Remove the 4 bolts and cooler compressor.

Disconnect the 2 wire harness clamps.

Remove the terminal cap.

Remove the nut and disconnect the generator wire from terminal B.

Disconnect the generator connector from the generator.

Remove the bolt from the cylinder block.

Remove the 2 bolts and generator.

Remove the dipstick.

Remove the 2 bolts, and the No. 1 and No. 2 guides.

Remove the O-rings from the guide.

Remove the bolt, nut and manifold stay.

Remove the 3 bolts and insulator.

Uniformly loosen and remove the 6 nuts.

Remove the manifold and gasket.

Remove the 5 bolts and V-ribbed belt tensioner assembly.

Remove the 2 bolts and gear cover.

Using SST, hold the water pump pulley.

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Remove the 4 bolts and water pump pulley.

Remove the 2 bolts and 2 radio setting condensers.

Remove the bolt and No. 1 vacuum switching valve.

Using SST, hold the crankshaft pulley and loosen the pulley bolt. Continue to loosen the bolt until only 2 or 3 threads are screwed into the crankshaft.

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Using the pulley set bolt and SST, remove the crankshaft pulley and pulley bolt.

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Disconnect the water hose.

Remove the 2 bolts, nut and water inlet housing.

Remove the water inlet housing No. 1 gasket and water outlet pipe O-ring.

Remove the 16 bolts and 2 nuts.

Insert the blade of an oil pan seal cutter between the oil pans, cut through the applied sealer and remove the oil pan.

NOTICE:

Be careful not to damage the contact surfaces of the oil pans.

Remove the bolt, 2 nuts, oil strainer and gasket.

Remove the 16 bolts and 2 nuts.

HINT:

Be sure to clean the bolts and stud bolts and check the threads for cracks or other damage.

Remove the oil pan by prying between the oil pan and cylinder block with a screwdriver.

NOTICE:

Be careful not to damage the contact surfaces of the cylinder block and oil pan.

HINT:

Tape the screwdriver tip before use.

Remove the 2 O-rings from the oil pump.

Remove the 2 oil pipe unions, gaskets and oil pipe.

Remove the oil control valve filter LH and gaskets.

Remove the bolt.

Remove the 2 oil pipe unions and oil pipe.

Remove the oil control valve filter RH and gaskets.

Remove the 12 bolts, cylinder head cover and gasket.

HINT:

Make sure the removed parts are returned to the same locations they were removed from.

Remove the 12 bolts, cylinder head cover and gasket.

HINT:

Make sure the removed parts are returned to the same locations they were removed from.

Remove the 23 bolts and 2 nuts as shown in the illustration.

Remove the timing chain cover by prying between the timing chain cover and cylinder head or cylinder block with a screwdriver.

HINT:

Tape the screwdriver tip before use.

NOTICE:

Do not damage the contact surfaces of the cylinder head, cylinder block and timing chain cover.

Remove the gasket.

Using a screwdriver, pry out the oil seal.

HINT:

Tape the screwdriver tip before use.

NOTICE:

Do not damage the surface of the oil seal press fit hole.

Using SST and a hammer, tap in a new oil seal until its surface is flush with the timing chain cover edge.

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NOTICE:

1. Keep the lip free from foreign matter.
   
2. Do not tap the oil seal at an angle.
   
3. Make sure that the oil seal edge does not stick out of the timing chain case.
   

Apply MP grease to the lip of the oil seal.

Temporarily tighten the pulley set bolt.

Set the timing mark on the crank angle sensor plate to the RH block bore center line (TDC / compression).

Check that the timing marks of the camshaft timing gears are aligned with the timing marks of the bearing cap as shown in the illustration. If not, turn the crankshaft 1 revolution (360°) and align the timing marks as in the previous step.

Move the stopper plate upward to release the lock, and push the plunger deep into the tensioner.

Move the stopper plate downward to set the lock, and insert a hexagon wrench into the stopper plate hole.

Remove the 2 bolts and chain tensioner.

Turn the crankshaft counterclockwise 10° to loosen the chain of the crankshaft timing gear.

Remove the chain from the crankshaft timing gear and place it on the crankshaft.

Turn the camshaft timing gear on the RH bank clockwise (approximately 60°) and set it as shown in the illustration. Be sure to loosen the chain between the center banks.

Remove the chain.

Using a 10 mm hexagon wrench, remove the No. 2 idle gear shaft, idle sprocket and No. 1 idle gear shaft.

While raising up the No. 2 chain tensioner, insert a pin of φ1.0 mm (0.039 in.) into the hole to fix it in place.

Hold the hexagonal portion of the camshaft with a wrench, and remove the 2 bolts and 2 camshaft timing gears.

NOTICE:

1. Be careful not to damage the cylinder head with the wrench.
   
2. Do not disassemble the camshaft timing gear.
   

Remove the No. 2 chain.

Remove the bolt and chain tensioner.

Remove the 3 gaskets.

Make sure that the knock pin of the camshaft is positioned as shown in the illustration.

Uniformly loosen and remove the 8 bearing cap bolts in several steps and in the sequence shown in the illustration.

Uniformly loosen and remove the 12 bearing cap bolts in several steps and in the sequence shown in the illustration.

NOTICE:

Uniformly loosen the bolts while keeping the camshaft level.

Remove the 5 bearing caps.

Remove the No. 1 camshaft.

Remove the No. 2 camshaft.

Remove the camshaft housing by prying between the cylinder head and camshaft housing with a screwdriver.

NOTICE:

Be careful not to damage the contact surfaces of the cylinder head and camshaft housing.

HINT:

Tape the screwdriver tip before use.