Drain the coolant and disconnect the upper radiator hose.

Remove the breather hose (between the air cleaner and the rocker cover).

Remove the air-intake hose.

Remove the vacuum hose, fuel hose and coolant hose.

Remove the cables from the spark plugs. The cables should be removed by holding the boot portion.

Remove the ignition coil.

Remove the surge tank stay.

Remove the intake manifold.

Remove the heat protector and exhaust manifold assembly.

Remove the coolant pump pulley and the crankshaft pulley.

Remove the timing belt cover.

Move the timing belt tensioner pulley toward the coolant pump and temporarily secure it.

Remove the timing belt.

Remove the rocker cover.

Remove the cylinder head assembly. The cylinder head bolts should be removed using Cylinder Head Bolt Wrench, in the sequence as shown in the illustration.

Remove the gasket pieces from the cylinder block top surface and cylinder head bottom surface.