ENGINE MECHANICAL (6VE1 3.5L) 6A-39
Valve Stem Oil Controller, Valve Spring and Valve Guide
Removal
1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
Drain engine oil.
2. Drain engine coolant.
3. Remove cylinder head assembly.
Refer to removal procedure for Cylinder Head
in this manual.
4. Remove camshaft.
Refer to removal procedure for Camshaft in this
manual.
5. Remove tappets with shim.
NOTE: Do not damage shim surface.
6. Remove valve springs using 5884024460
valve spring compressor and 5884025470
valve spring compressor adapter then remove
upper valve spring seat and lower seat.
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7. Remove oil controller using 5884006230 oil
controller remover, remove each valve stem oil
controller.
8. Remove valve guide using 5884025490 valve
guide replacer.
Installation
1. Install valve guide using 5884024420 valve
guide installer.
2. Install oil controller using 5884006240 oil
controller installer.
3. Install lower valve spring seat, valve spring and
upper valve spring seat then put split collars on the
upper spring seat, using 5884024420 valve
spring compressor and 5884006240 valve
spring compressor adapter to install the spli
t
collars.
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4. Install tappet with shim.
5. Install camshaft assembly.
Refer to installation procedure for Camshaft in
this manual.
6. Install cylinder head assembly.
Refer to installation procedure for Cylinde
r
Head in this manual.
7. Fill engine oil until full level.
8. Fill engine coolant.
ENGINE MECHANICAL (6VE1 3.5L) 6A-49
Engine Assembly
Removal
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1. Disconnect battery ground and positive cable.
2. Remove battery.
3. Make alignment mark on the engine hood and
hinges before removal in order to return the hood
to original position exactly.
4. Remove engine hood.
5. Drain radiator coolant.
6. Disconnect accelerator cable and automatic cruise
control cable from throttle valve on common
chamber.
7. Remove the ECM.
Disconnect the two connectors from the ECM.
. Remove fixing bolts on the common chamber.
Remove fixing bolts for ground cable.
8. Disconnect air duct with air cleaner cover.
9. Remove air cleaner assembly.
10. Disconnect canister vacuum hose.
11. Disconnect vacuum booster hose.
12. Disconnect three engine harness connectors.
13. Disconnect harness connector to transmission (lef
t
front side of engine compartment), disconnect shift
on the fly harness connector from front side o
f
front axle and remove transmission harness
bracket from engine left side.
14. Disconnect ground cable between engine and
frame.
15. Disconnect bonding cable connector on the back
of right dash panel.
16. Disconnect bonding cable terminal on the lef
t
bank.
17. Disconnect starter harness connector from starter.
18. Disconnect generator harness connector from
generator.
19. Disconnect coolant reserve tank hose from
radiator.
20. Remove radiator upper and lower hoses.
21. Remove upper fan shroud.
22. Remove cooling fan assembly four fixing nuts,
then the cooling fan assembly.
23. Move drive belt tensioner to loose side using
wrench then remove drive belt.
24. Remove power steering pump fixing bolts, then
power steering pump. Place the power steering
pump along with piping on the body side.
25. Remove air conditioning compressor fixing bolts
from bracket and place the compressor along with
piping on the body side.
26. Remove four O2 sensor harness connectors (two
each bank) from exhaust front pipe.
27. Remove three exhaust pipe fixing nuts from each
bank.
28. Remove two exhaust pipe fixing nuts from each
exhaust pipe, then move exhaust pipe to rear side
of vehicle.
29. Remove flywheel dust covers.
30. Disconnect two heater hoses from engine.
31. Disconnect fuel hose from right side o
f
transmission.
CAUTION: Plug fuel pipe on engine side and fuel
hose from fuel tank.
32. Remove transmission assembly. Refer to
Transmission section in this manual.
33. Support the engine by engine hoist.
34. Remove two left side engine mount fixing bolts
from engine mount on chassis side.
35. Remove two right side engine mount fixing bolts
from engine mount on chassis side.
36. Remove engine assembly.
Installation
CAUTION: When assembling the engine and
transmission, confirm that dowels have been
mounted in the specified positions at the engine
side. Also take care that dowel positions are
different between the manual transmission and the
automatic transmission. Otherweise, the
transmission may be damaged.
ENGINE COOLING (6VE1 3.5L) 6B-7
Water Pump
Water Pump and Associated Parts
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Legend
(1) Timing Belt (3) Water Pump Assembly
(2) Idle Pulley (4) Gasket
Removal
1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Drain coolant.
3. Radiator hose (on inlet pipe side).
4. Remove timing belt. Refer to “Timing Belt" in this
manual.
5. Remove Idle pulley.
6. Remove water pump assembly.
7. Remove gasket.
Inspection
Make necessary repair and parts replacement if
extreme wear or damage is found during inspection.
Should any of the following problems occur, the entire
water pump assembly must be replaced:
Crack in the water pump body
EC leakage from the seal unit
Play or abnormal noise in the bearing
Cracks or corrosion in the impeller.
Installation
1. Install gasket, clean the mating surface of gasket
before installation.
2. Install water pump assembly and tighten bolts to the
specified torque.
Torque: 25 N
m (2.5 kg
m/18 lb ft)
Tightening order
The tightening order are in the illustrate.
6B-8 ENGINE COOLING (6VE1 3.5L)
NOTE: To prevent the oil leakage, apply the LOCTITE
262 or an equivalent, to the arrow marked fixing bol
t
thread.
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3. Idle pulley
Install idle pulley and tighten bolt to the specified
torque.
Torque: 52 N
m (5.3 kg
m/38 lb ft)
4. Timing belt
Install timing belt. Refer to timing belt installation
step in “Timing Belt" in this manual.
5. Connect radiator inlet hose and replenish EC.
6. Connect battery ground cable.
ENGINE COOLING (6VE1 3.5L) 6B-9
Thermostat
Thermostat and Associated Parts
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Legend
(1) Thermostat Housing
(2) Thermostat
(3) Outlet Pipe
Removal
1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Drain engine coolant from the radiator and engine.
3. Disconnect radiator hose from the inlet pipe.
4. Remove thermostat housing.
5. Remove thermostat(2).
Inspection
Suspend the thermostat in a water–filled container
using thin wire. Place a thermometer next to the
thermostat.
Do not directly heat the thermostat.
Gradually increase the water temperature. Stir the wate
r
so that the entire water is same temperature.
031RS003
Confirm the temperature when the valve first begins to
open.
Valve opening temperature 74.5
C
78.5
C
(166.1
F
173.3
F)
Confirm the temperature when the valve is fully opened.
Valve full open temperature and lift More than
8.5mm (0.33 in) at 90
C (194
F)
Make necessary repair and parts replacement i
f
extreme wear or damage is found during inspection.
Installation
1. Install thermostat into the outlet pipe(4) making sure
that the air hole is in the up position.
2. Install thermostat housing and tighten bolts to the
specified torque.
Torque: 25 N
m (2.5 kg
m/18 lb ft)
3. Installation rubber hose.
4. Replenish engine coolant (EC).
5. Start engine and check for EC leakage.
ENGINE COOLING (6VE1 3.5L) 6B-11
Removal
1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Loosen a drain plug to drain EC.
3. Disconnect oil cooler hose on automatic transmission (A/T).
4. Disconnect radiator inlet hose and outlet hose from the engine.
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5. Remove fan guide(1), clips(2) on both sides and
the bottom lock, then remove lower fan guide(3)
with fan shroud(4).
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6. Disconnect the reserve tank hose(6) from radiator.
7. Remove bracket(5).
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8. Lift up and remove the radiator assembly with
hose, taking care not to damage the radiator core
with a fan blade.
Inspection
Radiator Cap
Measure the valve opening pressure of the pressurizing
valve with a radiator filler cap tester.
Replace the cap if the valve opening pressure is outside
the standard range.
Valve opening pressure kPa (psi) 93.3
122.7
(13.5
17.8)
Cap tester: 5 –8840 –0277 –0
Adapter: 5 –8840 –2603 –0
Check the condition of the vacuum valve in the cente
r
of the valve seat side of the cap. If considerable rust or
dirt is found, or if the valve seat cannot be moved by
hand, clean or replace the cap.
ENGINE COOLING (6VE1 3.5L) 6B-13
6. Connect oil cooler hose to automatic transmission.
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7. Connect battery ground cable.
8. Pour engine coolant up to filler neck of radiator, and
up to MAX mark of reserve tank.
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Important operation (in case of 100% engine
coolant change) procedure for filling with engine
coolant.
Engine coolant change
1. To change engine coolant, make sure that the
engine is cool.
WARNING: When the coolant is heated to a high
temperature, be sure not to loosen or remove the
radiator cap. Otherwise you might get scalded by
hot vapor or boiling water. To open the radiato
r
cap, put a piece of thick cloth on the cap and
loosen the cap slowly to reduce the pressure when
the coolant has become cooler.
2. Open radiator cap and drain the cooling system by
loosening the drain valve on the radiator and on the
cylinder body.
NOTE: For best result it is suggested that the engine
cooling system be flushed at least once a year. It is
advisable to flash the interior of the cooling system
including the radiator before using anti-freeze
(ethylene-glycol based).
Replace damaged rubber hoses as the engine
anti-freeze coolant is liable to leak out even mino
r
cracks.
Isuzu recommends to use Isuzu genuine anti-freeze
(ethylen-glycol based) or equivalent, for the cooling
system and not add any inhibitors or additives.
CAUTION: A failure to correctly fill the engine
cooling system in changing or topping up coolant
may sometimes cause the coolant to overflow from
the filler neck even before the engine and radiato
r
are completely full.
If the engine runs under this condition, shortage o
f
coolant may possibly result in engine overheating.
To avoid such trouble, the following precautions
should be taken in filling the system.
3. To refill engine coolant, pour coolant up to filler neck
using a filling hose which is smaller in outside
diameter of the filler neck. Otherwise air between
the filler neck and the filling hose will block entry,
preventing the system from completely filling up.
4. Keep a filling rate of 9 liter/min. or less. Filling ove
r
this maximum rate may force air inside the engine
and radiator.
And also, the coolant overflow will increase, making
it difficult to determine whether or not the system is
completely full.
5.
After filling the system to the full, pull out the filling
hose and check to see if air trapped in the system is
disclodged and the coolant level goes down. Should
the coolant level go down, repeat topping-up until
there is no more drop in the coolant level.
ENGINE FUEL (6VE1 3.5L) 6C-1
ENGINE
ENGINE FUEL (6VE1 3.5L)
CONTENTS
Service Precaution................................................. 6C-1
General Description............................................... 6C-2
Fuel Metering.......................................................... 6C-3
Fuel Filter................................................................. 6C-4
Removal............................................................... 6C-4
Inspection............................................................. 6C-4
Installation............................................................ 6C-4
Inspection............................................................. 6C-4
In-Tank Fuel Filter............................................... 6C-4
Fuel Pump Flow Test......................................... 6C-4
Fuel Pump............................................................... 6C-6
Fuel Pump and Associated Parts..................... 6C-6
Removal............................................................... 6C-6
Installation............................................................ 6C-7
Fuel Tube / Quick - Connector Fittings............... 6C-8
Precautions.......................................................... 6C-8
Cautions During Work........................................ 6C-8
Removal................................................................ 6C-8
Reuse of Quick-Connector................................. 6C-9
Assembling Advice.............................................. 6C-9
Fuel Pump Relay..................................................... 6C-10
General Description............................................ 6C-10
Fuel Tank................................................................. 6C-11
Fuel Tank and Associated Parts....................... 6C-11
Removal................................................................ 6C-11
Installation............................................................. 6C-12
Filler Neck................................................................ 6C-13
Removal................................................................ 6C-13
Installation............................................................. 6C-13
Fuel Gauge Unit...................................................... 6C-13
Removal and Installation.................................... 6C-13
Fuel Filler Cap......................................................... 6C-14
General Description............................................ 6C-14
Inspection............................................................. 6C-14
Main Data and Specifications................................ 6C-15
Special Tool.......................................................... 6C-16
Service Precaution
When working on the fuel system, there are several
things to keep in mind:
Any time the fuel system is being worked on,
disconnect the negative battery cable except
for those tests where battery voltage is
required.
Always keep a dry chemical (Class B) fire
extinguisher near the work area.
Replace all pipes with the same pipe and
fittings that were removed.
Clean and inspect “O" rings. Replace i
f
required.
Always relieve the line pressure before
servicing any fuel system components.
Do not attempt repairs on the fuel system until
you have read the instructions and checked
the pictures relating to that repair.
Adhere to all Notices and Cautions.
All gasoline engines are designed to use only
unleaded gasoline. Unleaded gasoline must be
used for proper emission control system operation.
Its use will also minimize spark plug fouling and
extend engine oil life. Using leaded gasoline can
damage the emission control system and could
result in loss of emission warranty coverage.
All cars are equipped with an Evaporative Emission
Control System. The purpose of the system is to
minimize the escape of fuel vapors to the
atmosphere.