Cylinder Head Gasket Installation

Place a new cylinder head gasket on the cylinder block surface with the front face of the Lot No. stamp upward.

Text in Illustration

*1	Lot No.
	Engine Front

NOTICE:

1. Make sure that the gasket is installed facing the proper direction.
   
2. Make sure that no oil is on the front end (indicated by the arrows) of the No. 2 cylinder head gasket.
   

Place the cylinder head on the cylinder block.

NOTICE:

1. Make sure that no oil is on the mounting surface of the cylinder head.
   
2. Place the cylinder head gently in order not to damage the gasket with the bottom part of the head.
   

Install the cylinder head bolts.

HINT:

The cylinder head bolts are tightened in 3 progressive steps.

1. Apply a light coat of engine oil to the threads and under the heads of the cylinder head bolts.
   





2. Step 1:
   Using a 10 mm bi-hexagon wrench, install and uniformly tighten the 10 cylinder head bolts with the plate washers in several steps in the sequence shown in the illustration.
   

   Torque:

   36 N*m{367 kgf*cm, 27 ft.*lbf}

3. Mark the front side of each cylinder head bolt head with paint.
   

4. Step 2:
   Tighten the cylinder head bolts 90°.
   

5. Step 3:
   Tighten the cylinder head bolts an additional 90°.
   

6. Check that the paint marks are now at a 180° angle to the front.
   





7. Install and uniformly tighten the 2 bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.
   

   Torque:

   21 N*m{214 kgf*cm, 15 ft.*lbf}

   NOTICE:

   Thoroughly wipe clean any seal packing.

Place a new cylinder head gasket on the cylinder block surface with the front face of the Lot No. stamp upward.

Text in Illustration

*1	Lot No.
	Engine Front

NOTICE:

1. Make sure that the gasket is installed facing the proper direction.
   
2. Make sure that no oil is on the front end (indicated by the arrows) of the cylinder head gasket.
   

Place the cylinder head on the cylinder block.

NOTICE:

1. Place the cylinder head gently in order not to damage the gasket with the bottom part of the head.
   
2. Make sure that no oil is on the mounting surface of the cylinder head.
   

Install the cylinder head bolts.

HINT:

The cylinder head bolts are tightened in 3 progressive steps.

1. Apply a light coat of engine oil to the threads and under the heads of the cylinder head bolts.
   





2. Step 1:
   Using a 10 mm bi-hexagon wrench, install and uniformly tighten the 10 cylinder head bolts with the plate washers in several steps in the sequence shown in the illustration.
   

   Torque:

   36 N*m{367 kgf*cm, 27 ft.*lbf}

3. Mark the front side of each cylinder head bolt head with paint.
   

4. Step 2:
   Tighten the cylinder head bolts 90°.
   

5. Step 3:
   Tighten the cylinder head bolts an additional 90°.
   

6. Check that the paint marks are now at a 180° angle to the front.
   





7. Install and uniformly tighten the 2 bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.
   

   Torque:

   21 N*m{214 kgf*cm, 15 ft.*lbf}

   NOTICE:

   Thoroughly wipe clean any seal packing.

Apply a light coat of engine oil to the valve stem caps.

Install the 32 valve stem caps to the cylinder head.

Inspect the valve lash adjusters (Click here).

Install the 32 valve lash adjusters to the cylinder head.

NOTICE:

Install each valve lash adjuster to the same place it was removed from.

Apply engine oil to the valve lash adjuster tips and valve stem cap ends.

Install the 32 No. 1 valve rocker arms as shown in the illustration.