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CYLINDER HEAD — Installation

EM-7017prose procedure
Continued from EM-7016

Installation

  1. 1
    Confirm that No. 1 piston is set at T.D.C. on its compression stroke.
    Crankshaft pulley with timing marks; pointer at top with marks TDC, 5°, 10°, 15°, 20°. Used to confirm No. 1 piston at TDC on compression stroke.
    NEM368
  2. 2
    Set idler sprocket by aligning the mating mark on the larger sprocket with the yellow mating mark on the lower timing chain.
    Two-part chain mating-mark diagram. Top: idler sprocket with chain showing 5-link, 7-link, and 11-link spans between mating marks (silver) and mating mark (bronze). Bottom: lower timing chain showing crankshaft sprocket with mating mark (yellow), upper timing chain section, and mating mark (bronze) on idler.
    NEM045
  3. 3
    Install upper timing chain and set it by aligning the mating mark on the smaller sprocket with the silver mating marks on the upper timing chain.
    Make sure sprocket's mating mark faces engine front.
  4. 4
    Install idler sprocket shaft from the rear side.
    Ensure that the shaft is located correctly, as shown.
    Idler shaft installed at the engine front with the dowel pin location visible. Callouts: 'Dowel' (top) and 'Idler shaft' (centre).
    UEM054
  5. 5
    Install cylinder head with new gasket.
    Do not rotate crankshaft and camshaft separately, or valves will strike piston heads.
    Before installing cylinder head gasket, apply a continuous bead of liquid gasket as shown in the figure.
    Be sure to install washers between bolts and cylinder head.
    Bead width 2.0 - 3.0 mm (0.079 - 0.118 in).
    Top view of the cylinder block deck showing a continuous bead of liquid gasket applied along the perimeter. Callouts: 'Front cover' (top-left); bead width 2.0 - 3.0 mm (0.079 - 0.118 in).
    NEM046
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