Camshaft Removal

Remove the 4 bolts and transmission oil cooler air duct.

Using a clip remover, remove the 4 clips and radiator side deflector LH.

Detach the 2 guides and 3 clips and remove the front fender main seal LH.

Remove the nut and the front wiper arm and blade assembly LH.

Remove the nut and the front wiper arm and blade assembly RH.

Using a clip remover, detach the 12 clips, 4 clamps and remove the hood to cowl top seal.

Remove the washer hose.

Remove the 2 clips.

Detach the 17 claws and remove the cowl top ventilator louver sub-assembly.

Remove the 10 bolts and No. 1 engine under cover.

Remove the 2 bolts and No. 2 engine under cover.

Using a clip remover, remove the 3 clips and fender apron seal.

Using a clip remover, remove the 3 clips and fender apron seal.

Remove the oil filler cap.

Remove the 2 bolts and No. 2 engine under cover seal.

Remove the oil pan drain plug and gasket, and drain the engine oil into a container.

Install a new gasket and the oil pan drain plug.

Torque:

40 N*m{408 kgf*cm, 30 ft.*lbf}

Loosen the radiator drain cock plug.

HINT:

Collect the coolant in a container and dispose of it according to the regulations in your area.

Remove the radiator cap. Then drain the coolant from the radiator.

Loosen the 2 cylinder block drain cock plugs. Then drain the coolant from the engine.

Tighten the 2 cylinder block drain cock plugs.

Torque:

13 N*m{133 kgf*cm, 10 ft.*lbf}

Tighten the radiator drain cock plug by hand.

Raise the front of the V-bank cover to detach the 3 pins. Then remove the 2 V-bank cover hooks from the bracket, and remove the V-bank cover.

Disconnect the vacuum hose and No. 2 ventilation hose.

Loosen the 2 hose clamps.

Remove the air cleaner hose.

Remove the 3 bolts and air cleaner.

Loosen the 4 nuts holding the fluid coupling fan.

Remove the fan and generator V belt (Click here).

Disconnect the reservoir hose from the upper radiator tank.

Detach the claw to open the flexible hose clamp.

Remove the 2 bolts and disconnect the oil cooler tube from the fan shroud.

Remove the 2 bolts holding the fan shroud.

Remove the 4 nuts of the fluid coupling fan, and then remove the shroud together with the coupling fan.

NOTICE:

Be careful not to damage the radiator core.

Remove the fan pulley.

Disconnect the 2 oil cooler hoses.

Remove the 4 bolts and radiator.

Engine Room LH Side:

1. Remove the engine room relay block cover.
   

2. Disconnect the 2 connectors and 2 clips from the engine room junction block.
   





3. Disconnect the injector connector.
   

4. Disconnect the 4 ignition coil connectors.
   

5. Disconnect the 2 VVT sensor connectors.
   

6. Disconnect the 4 clamps.
   

7. Remove the bolt and disconnect the ground wire.
   

8. Disconnect the noise filter connector.
   





9. Disconnect the engine coolant temperature sensor connector.
   

10. Disconnect the 2 camshaft timing oil control valve connectors.
    

11. Disconnect the camshaft position sensor connector.
    

12. Disconnect the 3 clamps.
    

13. Disconnect the cooler compressor connector.
    

Engine Room RH Side:

1. Disconnect the 2 camshaft timing oil control valve connectors.
   

2. Disconnect the 4 ignition coil connectors.
   

3. Disconnect the injector connector.
   

4. Disconnect the 2 VVT sensor connectors.
   

5. Disconnect the noise filter connector.
   

6. Remove the bolt and disconnect the ground wire.
   

7. Disconnect the throttle position sensor and throttle control motor connector.
   

8. Disconnect the 6 clamps.
   

Disconnect the 2 clamps and power steering oil pressure switch connector.

Disconnect the 3 hoses.

Remove the 2 bolts and disconnect the water pipe and hose from the cylinder head cover.

Remove the 3 bolts, nut and stud bolt, and disconnect the cooler compressor.

HINT:

It is not necessary to completely remove the compressor. With the hoses connected to the compressor, hang the compressor on the vehicle body with a rope.

Remove the 2 bolts and disconnect the fuel tube.

Connect a hose with an inside diameter of 15 mm (0.591 in.) to the pipe.

Remove the oil filter drain plug.

Install the pipe to the oil filter cap.

NOTICE:

If the O-ring is removed with the drain plug, install the O-ring together with the pipe.

HINT:

Use a container to catch the draining oil.

Check that oil is drained from the oil filter. Then disconnect the pipe and remove the O-ring as shown in the illustration.

Using SST, remove the oil filter cap.

SST

09228-06501

NOTICE:

Do not remove the oil filter bracket clip.

Remove the oil filter element and O-ring from the oil filter cap.

NOTICE:

Be sure to remove the cap O-ring by hand, without using any tools, to prevent damage to the cap O-ring groove.

Disconnect the wire harness clamp.

Remove the dipstick.

Remove the bolt and dipstick guide.

Remove the O-ring from the dipstick guide.

Disconnect the sender gauge connector.

Remove the oil pressure sender gauge.

Remove the 3 bolts.

Disconnect the 4 hoses and remove the water by-pass pipe.

Remove the 2 nuts and bracket.

Disconnect the ground wire from the cylinder block.

Connect a hose with an inside diameter of 15 mm (0.591 in.) to the pipe.

Remove the oil filter drain plug.

Install the pipe to the oil filter cap.

NOTICE:

If the O-ring is removed with the drain plug, install the O-ring together with the pipe.

HINT:

Use a container to catch the draining oil.

Check that oil is drained from the oil filter. Then disconnect the pipe and remove the O-ring as shown in the illustration.

Using SST, remove the oil filter cap.

SST

09228-06501

NOTICE:

Do not remove the oil filter bracket clip.

Remove the oil filter element and O-ring from the oil filter cap.

NOTICE:

Be sure to remove the cap O-ring by hand, without using any tools, to prevent damage to the cap O-ring groove.

Disconnect the ventilation hose from the ventilation pipe of the cylinder head cover LH and RH.

Disconnect the 2 water by-pass hoses.

Disconnect the throttle body connector.

Disconnect the No. 1 ventilation hose.

Disconnect the purge VSV connector.

Disconnect the purge line hose from the purge VSV.

Disconnect the vacuum switching valve connector (for ACIS).

Remove the No. 1 engine cover sub-assembly.

Remove the No. 3 engine cover.

Disconnect the 3 wire clamps from the 3 wire brackets.

Remove the bolt and wire bracket from the intake manifold.

Remove the 2 nuts, 8 bolts, intake manifold and 2 gaskets.

Remove the 2 bolts and disconnect the vane pump.

Remove the 2 bolts and disconnect the oil cooler pipe.

Disconnect the generator connector.

Open the terminal cap.

Remove the nut and disconnect the generator wire.

Remove the bolt and disconnect the wire harness bracket from the generator.

Remove the 3 bolts, nut and generator.

Remove the stud bolt.

Remove the No. 1 water by-pass hose by disconnecting the hose from the water inlet housing and front water by-pass joint.

Disconnect the 2 hoses.

Remove the 2 bolts and water by-pass pipe.

Disconnect the No. 2 water by-pass hose from the water by-pass joint.

Remove the 4 nuts, water by-pass joint and 2 gaskets.

Remove the 3 bolts, water inlet housing and gasket.

Using SST, hold the water pump pulley.

SST

09960-10010(09962-01000,09963-01000)

Remove the 4 bolts and water pump pulley.

Remove the bolt and idler pulley.

Remove the 4 bolts and fluid coupling bracket.

Remove the standard bolt, 6 mm hexagon wrench bolt and belt tensioner.

Remove the 8 bolts and 8 ignition coils.

Remove the 14 bolts, seal washer, cylinder head cover and gasket.

HINT:

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

Remove the 5 gaskets from the camshaft bearing caps (No. 2, No. 3).

Remove the bolt and noise filter.

Remove the 14 bolts, seal washer, cylinder head cover and gasket.

HINT:

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

Remove the 5 gaskets from the camshaft bearing caps (No. 1, No. 3).

Bend the 4 ventilation baffle plate claws on the cylinder head cover to an angle of 90° or more.

Using a screwdriver, pry out the gaskets.

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NOTICE:

1. Be careful not to damage the cylinder head cover.
   
2. Be careful not to damage the gasket when removing it, as the removed gasket needs to be used when installing a new one.
   

HINT:

Tape the screwdriver tip before use.

Using SST, loosen the crankshaft pulley set bolt until 2 or 3 threads are engaged.

SST

09213-70011
09330-00021

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

SST

09950-50013(09951-05010,09952-05010,09953-05010,09954-05011)

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Remove the bolt and disconnect the bracket.

Remove the 28 bolts and nut shown in the illustration.

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	Nut

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

NOTICE:

Be careful not to damage the contact surfaces of the cylinder head, cylinder block and chain cover.

HINT:

Tape the screwdriver tip before use.

Remove the oil pump gasket from the cylinder block.

Remove the O-ring from the oil pan.

Remove the water inlet pipe.

Remove the 2 O-rings from the water inlet pipe.

Temporarily install the crankshaft pulley bolt.

Rotate the crankshaft clockwise so that the timing marks on the crankshaft timing sprocket and camshaft timing gears are as shown in the illustration.

HINT:

If the timing marks do not align, rotate the crankshaft clockwise again and align the timing marks.

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

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

Remove the 2 bolts, chain tensioner and gasket.

Remove the 2 bolts and chain vibration damper.

While pushing down the No. 3 chain tensioner, insert a pin of 1.0 mm (0.0394 in.) into the hole to fix it in place.

Hold the hexagonal portion of the camshaft with a wrench and loosen the bolt.

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NOTICE:

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

Hold the hexagonal portion of the camshaft with a wrench and loosen the bolt.

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NOTICE:

Be careful not to damage the cylinder head with the wrench.

Remove the 2 bolts. Then with the No. 1 and No. 2 chains still connected to the gears, remove the camshaft timing gear, camshaft timing exhaust gear and crankshaft timing sprocket LH.

Remove the No. 1 and No. 2 chains from the gears.

Remove the 2 bolts and chain tensioner.

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

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

Remove the 2 bolts and chain tensioner.

Remove the 2 bolts and vibration damper.

While raising up the No. 2 chain tensioner, insert a pin of 1.0 mm (0.0394 in.) into the hole to fix it in place.

Hold the hexagonal portion of the camshaft with a wrench and loosen the bolt.

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NOTICE:

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

Hold the hexagonal portion of the camshaft with a wrench and loosen the bolt.

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NOTICE:

Be careful not to damage the cylinder head with the wrench.

Remove the 2 bolts. Then with the No. 1 and No. 2 chains still connected to the gears, remove the camshaft timing gear, camshaft timing exhaust gear and crankshaft timing sprocket RH.

Remove the No. 1 and No. 2 chains from the gears.

Remove the 2 bolts and chain tensioner.

Using a screwdriver, remove the 2 timing gear keys from the crankshaft.

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

Uniformly loosen and remove the 10 bearing cap bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.

Uniformly loosen and remove the 18 bearing cap bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.

NOTICE:

Uniformly loosen the bolts while keeping the camshaft level.

Remove the 6 bearing caps.

HINT:

Arrange the removed parts in the correct order.

Remove the No. 3 and No. 4 camshafts.

HINT:

Arrange the removed parts in the correct order.

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.

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

Uniformly loosen and remove the 10 bearing cap bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.

Uniformly loosen and remove the 18 bearing cap bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.

NOTICE:

Uniformly loosen the bolts while keeping the camshaft level.

Remove the 6 bearing caps.

HINT:

Arrange the removed parts in the correct order.

Remove the No. 1 and No. 2 camshafts.

HINT:

Arrange the removed parts in the correct order.

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.