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Installation
10. Remove the cam cover assembly.
1. Release the fourteen sc rews which secure the cam
cover. The screws stay in place, held by the seals.
2. Remove the cam cover, screws and seals, as an
assembly.
11. Separate the screws and se als from the cam cover.
1. One at a time, remove ea ch securing screw from the
cam cover.
2. Remove the rubber sealin g ring from each securing
screw.
12. Remove the main seals from the cam cover.
1. Remove and discard the outer seal.
2. Remove and discard the two seals from around the spark plug apertures.
13. Clean all relevant parts and mating faces.
1. Fit the new main seals to the cam cover.
1. Fit the new outer seal.
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2. Fit the two new spark plug aperture seals.
2. Fit the securing screws to the cam covers.
1. Fit a new sealing ring to each screw assembly.
2. Fit the screws to the cam covers. Each screw is retained by the cam cover gasket.
3. Apply sealant to two places on the joint between the front of
the cam cover and the cylinder head.
The application of sealant must be 3mm diameter by
12mm long. Fit the cam cover immediately after applying
the sealant.
The cover should be fitted di rectly to the head without
smearing the sealant or the seals.
4. Refit the cam cover.
1. Position the cam cover onto the cylinder head without smearing the sealant and start the threads of each
securing screw.
5. Tighten the securing screws to 9-11 Nm. Tighten in the
sequence indicated.
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6. Reposition the clips which secure the engine harness to the
cam cover.
7. Refit the on-plug ignition coils and the coil cover. Refer to
Operation 18.20.42.
8. Fit the intake tube / air flow meter / air cleaner cover
assembly.
1. Fit a new rubber seal; air in take tube to throttle body.
2. Fit the intake tube / air flow meter / air cleaner cover
assembly.
9. Reconnect the air cleaner cover.
Fit the five clips which secu re the air cleaner cover.
10. Connect the intake tube to the throttle body.
1. Connect the intake tube to the throttle body.
2. Fit the two bolts which secure the intake tube to the
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Engine - Valve Cover Gasket RH
In-vehicle Repair
Removal
1. Open the engine compartment and fit paintwork protection
sheets.
2. Carefully remove the right hand engine cover, taking care not
to damage the plastic fixi ngs or the rubber inserts.
3. Remove the on-plug ignition coils from the 'A' bank. Refer to
Operation 18.20.41.
4. Release the four clips which secure the engine harness to the
cam cover.
5. Remove the cam cover assembly.
1. Release the fourteen sc rews which secure the cam
cover. The screws stay in place, held by the seals.
2. Remove the cam cover, screws and seals, as an
assembly.
6. Separate the screws and se als from the cam cover.
1. One at a time, remove ea ch securing screw from the
cam cover.
2. Remove the rubber sealin g ring from each securing
screw.
7. Remove the main seals from the cam cover.
1. Remove and discard the outer seal.
2. Remove and discard the two seals from around the spark plug apertures.
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Installation
8. Clean all relevant parts and mating faces.
1. Fit the new main seals to the cam cover.
1. Fit the new outer seal.
2. Fit the two new spark plug aperture seals.
2. Fit the securing screws to the cam covers.
1. Fit a new sealing ring to each screw assembly.
2. Fit the screws to the cam covers. Each screw is retained by the cam cover gasket.
3. Apply sealant to two places on the joint between the front of
the cam cover and the cylinder head.
The application of sealant must be 3mm diameter by
12mm long. Fit the cam cover immediately after applying
the sealant.
The cover should be fitted di rectly to the head without
smearing the sealant or the seals.
4. Refit the cam cover.
1. Position the cam cover onto the cylinder head without smearing the sealant and start the threads of each
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securing screw.
5. Tighten the securing screws to 9-11 Nm. Tighten in the
sequence indicated.
6. Reposition the clips which secure the engine harness to the
cam cover.
7. Refit the on-plug ignition coils and the coil cover. Refer to
Operation 18.20.41.
8. Refit the right hand engine cover.
9. Remove the paintwork protection sheets and close the engine
compartment.
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1. Remove the bolt which secures the crankshaft position sensor to the flywheel housing.
Remove the sensor and allow it to hang free under the
engine.
2. Remove the access grommet (for torque converter bolts) from the housing.
8. Fit the damper securing bolt (old one) to the crankshaft, hand-
tight only.
9. Rotate the crankshaft until the triangular arrow indent on
the drive plate is visible thro ugh the access hole; confirm
that the timing flat on ea ch camshaft is uppermost.
10. Fit the crankshaft setting peg 303 - 531 to the crankshaft
position sensor location.
1. Fit the crankshaft setting peg 303 - 531.
Position the crankshaft so that the setting peg engages
fully into the timing slot.
2. Fit and tighten the bolt to secure the setting peg.
11. Remove the damper securing bolt from the crankshaft.
12. Lower the vehicle on the ramp.
13. Fit the camshaft locking tool 303 - 530 to the B-Bank
camshafts, aligning the shafts slightly as necessary.
14. Loosen the bolt which secures the sprocket to the exhaust
camshaft.
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15. Loosen the bolt which secures the VVT unit.
Do not tamper with the three bolts which secure the VVT
mechanism to the sprockets. It is sealed at the factory to
the correct valve timing specif ication for the engine and is
supplied only as a complete unit.
16. Remove the primary chain tens ioner. Refer to operation
12.65.55, in this Section.
17. Remove the primary ch ain tensioner blade.
1. Remove the pivot bolt which secures the tensioner blade.
2. Remove the tensioner blade.
18. Reposition the VVT unit along the cam journal to allow the
chain to clear the head casting.
Disconnect the primary chain from the VVT unit and
reposition it against the crankshaft sprocket.
19. Remove the VVT unit.
1. Remove the securing bolt from the VVT unit and the exhaust cam sprocket.
2. Remove the VVT unit, exhaust sprocket and secondary chain as an asse mbly (release the chain
from the tensioner which is still secured to the
cylinder head).
Remove the secondary chain from the VVT unit and the
sprocket.