Use fender covers to avoid damaging painted surfaces.
To avoid damaging the cylinder head, wait until the engine coolant temperature drops below normal temperature before removing it.
When handling a metal gasket, take care not to fold the gasket or damage the contact surface of the gasket.
To avoid damage, unplug the wiring connectors carefully while holding the connector portion.
Mark all wiring and hoses to avoid misconnection.
Disconnect the battery negative terminal.
Remove the engine cover (A).
Remove the air cleaner assembly.
Remove the air duct (B).
Disconnect the breather hose (C) and the intensifier hose (D).
Disconnect the air intake hose and then remove the air cleaner assembly (E).
Tightening torque
Hose clamp bolt:
2.9 ~ 4.9N.m (0.3 ~ 0.5kgf.m, 2.2 ~ 3.6lb-ft)
Air cleaner assembly bolts:
7.8 ~ 9.8N.m (0.8 ~ 1.0kgf.m, 5.8 ~ 7.2lb-ft)
Disconnect the battery positive terminal and then remove the battery (A).
Tightening torque:
9.8 ~ 11.8 N.m (1.0 ~ 1.2 kgf.m, 7.2 ~ 8.7 lb-ft)
Remove the under cover and side cover.
Loosen the drain plug (A), and drain the coolant. Remove the radiator cap to speed draining.
Remove the front muffler (A).
Tightening torque:
39.2 ~ 58.8 N.m (4.0 ~ 6.0 kgf.m, 28.9 ~ 43.4 lb-ft)
Remove the radiator upper hose (A) and lower hose (B).
Disconnect the wiring connectors, harness clamps and hoses from the cylinder head, Intake manifold and exhaust manifold. (Refer to Engine and transaxle assembly in this group)
Disconnect the fuel hose (A) and heater hoses (B).
Disconnect the throttle body coolant hoses (A), oil cooler coolant hoses (B) and then remove the water temperature control assembly (C).
Tightening torque :
Bolts : 14.7 ~ 19.6N.m(1.5 ~ 2.0kgf.m, 10.8 ~ 14.5lb-ft)
Nuts : 18.6 ~ 23.5N.m(1.9 ~ 2.4kgf.m, 13.7 ~ 17.4lb-ft)
Remove the intake & exhaust manifold. (Refer to Intake and exhaust system in this group)
Remove the timing chain. (Refer to Timing system in this group)
Remove the intake CVVT assembly (A) and exhaust CVVT assembly (B).
When removing the CVVT assembly bolt, hold the camshaft with a wrench on the hex on the camshaft (A).
Remove the camshaft.
Remove the front camshaft bearing cap (A).
Remove the exhaust camshaft upper bearing (A).
Remove the camshaft bearing cap (A), in the sequence shown.
Remove the camshafts (A).
Remove the exhaust camshaft lower bearing (A).
Use a torx wrench, remove the intake OCV (A).
Use a torx wrench, remove the exhaust OCV (A).
Remove the cylinder head bolts and then remove the cylinder head.
Using triple square wrench, uniformly loosen and remove the 10 cylinder head bolts, in several passes, in the sequence shown. Remove the 10 cylinder head bolts and plate washers.
Head warpage or cracking could result from removing bolts in an incorrect order.
Lift the cylinder head from the dowels on the cylinder block and place the cylinder head on wooden blocks on a bench.
Be careful not to damage the contact surfaces of the cylinder head and cylinder block.
Remove the cylinder head gasket.
