2010 ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE engine

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22. Remove and discard the seals for the 14 cam cover screws.
23. Remove the cam cover.
24. Remove the breather pipe stub.
25. Remove and discard the seal for the breather pipe stub.
26. Remove and discard the O-ring seal for the VVT
solenoid.
27. Remove and discard the cam cover gasket.
28. Remove and discard the four O-ring seals from the spark plug wells.
29. Clean the component mating faces.
Install
1. Install four new O-ring seals in the spark plug wells.
2. Install a new O-ring seal for the VVT solenoid.
3. Install a new cam cover gasket.
4. Install a new seal for the breather pipe stub.
5. Install the breather pipe stub.
6. Apply a 6 mm diameter sphere of silicon RTV sealant at the positions shown in Figure C03-10-102.
Figure C03-10-102
7. Install the cam cover.
8. Install new seals for the 14 cam cover screws.
9. Install and torque the 14 screws that attach the cam cover to the engine in the sequence shown to 10 Nm.
Figure C03-10-051
10. Install the four ignition coils. 11. Install and torque the screw that attaches each of the
four ignition coils to 5 Nm.
12. Install the front bracket for the wiring harness.
13. Install the rear bracket for the wiring harness.
14. Install and torque the three screws that attach the rear bracket for the wiring harness to 11 Nm.
15. Install and tighten the two nuts and three bolts that attach the front bracket for the wiring harness.
16. Install the purge pipe and he ater pipe into the two clips
on the wiring harness bracket.
17. Use four applicable cable ties to attach the rear of the wiring harness to the front bracket.
18. Install the wiring harness for the injectors into the mounts.
19. Install the fir tree clip that attaches the wiring harness for the ignition coils.
20. Connect the electrical connector to each of the four ignition coils.
21. Connect the electrical connector to the VVT solenoid.
22. Install the ignition coil cover.
23. Remove and discard the caps from the breather pipes.
24. Connect the breather pipes to the cam cover and the oil tank Y-piece.
25. Install the left side front crush bar for the body reinforcement. (Refer to procedure 01.01.AC - Left Side
Front Crush Bar for the Body Reinforcement).
26. Install the front crush brace. (Refer to procedure 01.01.LC - Front Crush Brace).
27. Connect the battery earth cable
Left Side Cam Cover Gasket - Renew
Removal
1. Remove the left cam cover (Refer to ’Left Side Cam Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-4).
2. Remove and discard the cam cover gasket.
Installation
1. Clean the mating faces of the cam cover and the cylinder head.
2. Put the new cam cover gasket in position.
3. Install the left cam cover (Refer to ’Left Side Cam Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-4).
CAUTION
Tighten the screws gradually and equally in the step
that follows. If you do not, the cam cover gasket can be
damaged.
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CAUTION
M a k e s u re th a t th e ve h i c le i s o n i t s r o a d w h e el s on l ev e l
ground when you do the do the steps that folllow. If you
do not, the front of the vehicle can be twisted when the cross brace is tightened.
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Right Side Cam Cover Gasket - Renew
1. Remove the right cam cover (Refer to ’Right Side Cam Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-9).
2. Remove and discard the cam cover gasket.
Installation
1. Clean the mating faces of the cam cover and the cylinder head.
2. Put the new cam cover gasket in position.
3. Install the right cam cover (Refer to ’Right Side Cam
Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-9).
Cylinder Head Gasket - Renew (Engine
Set)
Removal
1. Remove the SAI pump and bracket assembly (refer to procedure 03.08.DB Pump and Bracket Assembly -
Secondary Air Injection - Renew).
2. Disconnect the electrical connector from each of the two left and two right knock sensors.
3. Disconnect the electrical connector from the left and right camshaft timing sensors.
4. Remove the right exhaust manifold (refer to procedure 09.00.CC Gasket - Exhaust Manifold - RH - Renew).
5. Remove the left front wheel arch liner (refer to procedure 01.02.FB Wheel Arch Liner - Front - LH -
Renew).
6. Remove the eight nuts that attach the left exhaust manifold to cylinder head.
7. Remove the left exhaust ma nifold. Remove and discard
the gasket.
8. Remove the left intake camshaft (refer to Workshop Manual procedure 03.09.AV Camshaft - Intake - LH -
Renew). 9. Remove the 10 left exhaust camshaft bearing cap
attachment bolts evenly and in steps (refer to Figure 1).
Figure 1
10. Record the positions and the markings of the bearing caps for the left exhaust camshaft .
11. Remove the bearing caps for the left exhaust camshaft.
Figure 2
12. Remove the two bolts that attach the front end of the left cylinder head to the cylinder block.
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13. Remove the 10 bolts evenly and in steps, that attach the left cylinder head to the cylinder block (refer to Figure
3).
Figure 3
14. With the aid of one more person, remove the left cylinder head assembly.
15. Remove and discard the cylinder head gasket.
16. Remove the two Torx bolts, the spacer on the exhaust and the Torx bolt that attaches the right intake and
exhaust camshaft sprockets to the camshafts (refer to
Figure 4).
Figure 4
17. Remove the two bolts that attach the right secondary timing chain tensioner to the cylinder head (refer to
Figure 5).
Figure 5
18. Remove the right camshaft sp rockets complete with the
timing chain and tensioner from the camshafts (refer to
Figure 6).
Figure 6
19. Remove the three bolts that attach tool (303-530) to the cylinder head. Remove the special tool (refer to Figure
7).
Figure 7
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20. Remove the ten bolts evenly and in steps, that attach the bearing caps for the right intake camshaft (refer to
Figure 8).
Figure 8
21. Record the positions and the markings of the bearing caps for the right intake camshaft.
22. Remove the right intake camshaft (refer to Figure 9).
Figure 9
23. Remove the ten bolts evenly and in steps, that attach the bearing caps for the right exhaust camshaft (refer to
Figure 10).
Figure 10
24. Record the positions and the markings of the bearing caps for the right exhaust camshaft.
25. Remove right exhaust camshaft (refer to Figure 11).
Figure 11
26. Remove the two bolts that attach the front end of the right cylinder head to the cylinder block.
27. Remove the ten bolts evenly and in steps, that attach the right cylinder head to the cylinder block (refer to
Figure 12).
Figure 12
28. With the aid of one more person, remove the right cylinder head assembly.
29. Remove and discard the cylinder head gasket.
Installation
1. Fully clean the left and right cylinder head faces and the attachment bolt pockets.
2. Fully clean the left and right cylinder block faces.
3. Fully clean and dry the left and right cylinder head retaining bolts.
4. Install a new right cylinder gasket. Make sure that it is correctly engaged on the dowels.
5. With assistance, install the right cylinder head. Make sure it is correctly engaged on the dowels.
6. Install and torque tighten the 12 cylinder head bolts in the correct sequence.
7. Lubricate the camshaft journals, camshaft lobes, bearing surfaces on cylinder head and the bearing caps with
clean engine oil.
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8. Install the right exhaust camshaft.
9. Install the five bearing caps in their correct positions.
10. Install the ten bolts and torque tighten them in the sequence specified.
11. Install the Torx bolt that attaches the sprocket to the camshaft.
12. Rotate the camshaft and use feeler gauges to do a check of each valve clearance .
13. Do the procedure again an d install the right intake
camshaft.
14. Remove the Torx bolt that attaches the sprocket.
15. Rotate the right intake and exhaust camshafts until the timing flats on each camshaft face up.
16. Install tool (303-530) onto the right cylinder head to hold the camshafts. Install and tighten the three bolts.
17. Install a new left cylinder he ad gasket. Make sure that it
is correctly engaged on the dowels.
18. With the aid of one more person, install the left cylinder head. Make sure that it is correctly engaged on the
dowels.
19. Install and torque the 12 cylinder head bolts in the correct sequence.
20. Lubricate the left exhaust camshaft journals, camshaft lobes, bearing surfaces on the cylinder head and the
bearing caps with clean engine oil.
21. Install left exhaust camshaft.
22. Install the five bearing caps in their correct positions.
23. Install the ten bolts and torque in the sequence specified.
24. Install the Torx bolt that attaches the sprocket to the left exhaust camshaft.
25. Rotate the left exhaust cam shaft as necessary and use
feeler guages to do a check of each valve clearance.
26. Remove the Torx bolt that attaches the sprocket.
27. Install the left intake camshaft (refer to Workshop Manual procedure 03.09.AV Camshaft - Intake - LH -
Renew).
28. Install the timing chain tensioning tool (303-532) into the right exhaust camshaft sprocket.
29. Apply a force to the tool (303-532) in a counterclockwise direction to hold the sprocket and
torque the right sprocket Torx bolts.
30. Remove the special tool.
31. Connect the electrical conne ctors to the left and right
camshaft timing sensors.
32. Connect the electrical connector to each of the two left and two right knock sensors. 33. Install SAI pump and bracket assembly (refer to
Workshop Manual procedure 03.08.DB Pump and
Bracket Assembly - Secondary Air Injection - Renew).
34. Clean the left exhaust manifold.
35. Install a new gasket for the left exhaust manifold .
36. Install the left exhaust manifold.
37. Install and torque tighten the eight nuts.
38. Install the left front wheel arch liner (refer to Workshop
Manual procedure 01.02.FB Wheel Arch Liner - Front -
LH - Renew).
39. Install the right exhaust manifold (refer to Workshop Manual procedure 09.00.CC Gasket - Exhaust Manifold
- right - Renew).
Right Side Cam Cover - Remove and
Install
Removal
1. Disconnect the battery earth cable.
2. Remove the front crush brace. (Refer to procedure
01.01.LC - Front Crush Brace)
3. Remove the right side fr ont crush bar for the body
reinforcement. (Refer to procedure 01.01.AB - Right
Side Front Crush Bar for the Body Reinforcement)
4. Remove the breather pipe from the cam cover.
5. Install applicable caps to seal the open ports.
6. Remove the ignition coil cover.
7. Disconnect the electrical connector from each of the four ignition coils.
8. Disconnect the electrical connector from the Variable Valve Timing (VVT) solenoid.
9. Release the fir tree clip that attaches the wiring harness for the ignition coils.
10. Move the wiring harness for the ignition coils away.
11. Release the wiring harness for the injectors from the mounts.
12. Cut and remove the three cable ties that attach the rear of the wiring harness for the injectors.
13. Remove the screw that attaches the purge pipe P-clip to the cam cover.
14. Move the purge-pipe P-clip away.
15. Release the purge pipe and heater pipe from the two clips on the wiring harness bracket.
16. Remove the two nuts and two screws that attach the front bracket for the wiring harness.
17. Remove the three screws that attach the rear bracket for
the wiring harness.
18. Remove the rear bracket for the wiring harness.
19. Remove the front bracket for the wiring harness.
WA R N I N G
DO NOT GET USED ENGINE OIL ON YOUR SKIN. USED ENGINE OIL CAN BE HARMFUL.
Caution
Gradually tighten one bolt and then the next to correctly
install the camshaft bearing ca ps in the step that follows.
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20. Remove the four screws that attach each ignition coil.
21. Remove the four ignition coils.
22. Remove the 14 screws that attach the cam cover to the engine.
23. Remove and discard the seals for the 14 cam cover screws.
24. Remove the cam cover.
25. Remove and discard the O-ring seal for the VVT solenoid.
26. Remove and discard the cam cover gasket.
27. Remove and discard the four O-ring seals from the spark plug wells.
28. Clean the component mating faces.
Install
1. Install four new O-ring seals in the spark plug wells.
2. Install a new O-ring seal for the VVT solenoid.
3. Install a new cam cover gasket.
4. Apply a 12 mm by 3 mm bead of sealant to the tri-joints shown.
Figure C03-10-101
5. Install the cam cover.
6. Install new seals for the 14 cam cover screws. 7. Install and torque the 14 screws that attach the cam
cover to the engine in the sequence shown to 10 Nm.
8. Install the four ignition coils.
9. Install and torque the screw that attaches each of the four ignition coils to 5 Nm.
10. Install the front bracket for the wiring harness.
11. Install the rear bracket for the wiring harness.
12. Install and torque the three screws that attach the rear bracket for the wiring harness to 11 Nm.
13. Install and tighten the two nuts and three screws that attach the front bracket for the wiring harness.
14. Install the purge pipe and he ater pipe into the two clips
on the wiring harness bracket.
15. Put the purge pipe P-clip into the correct position.
16. Install and tighten the screw that attaches the purge pipe P-clip to the cam cover.
17. Use three applicable cable ties to attach the rear of the wiring harness to the front bracket.
18. Install the wiring harness for the injectors into the mounts.
19. Install the fir tree clip that attaches the wiring harness for the ignition coils.
20. Connect the electrical conne ctors to each of the four
ignition coils.
21. Connect the electrical connector to the VVT solenoid.
22. Install the ignition coil cover.
23. Remove and discard the caps from the breather pipes.
24. Install the breather pipes to the cam cover.
25. Install the right side front crush bar for the body reinforcement. (0101AB - Righ t Side Front Crush Bar for
the Body Reinforcement)
26. Install the front crush brace. (0101LC - Front Crush Brace)
Note: When you remo ve the cam cover
attachment screws in th e step that follows,
record their installed positions in the cam
cover.
CAUTION
Tighten the screws gradually and equally in the step
that follows. If you do not, the cam cover gasket can be
damaged.
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Removal
1. Remove the left side cam cover (Refer to ’Left Side Cam Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-4).
2. Remove the right side cam cover (Refer to ’Right Side Cam Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-9).
Install
1. Install the left side cam cover (Refer to ’Left Side Cam Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-4).
2. Install the right side cam cover (Refer to ’Right Side Cam Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-9).
Engine Timing Cover-Renew (with Engine
Removed
)
Removal
1. Remove the engine assembly (refer Workshop Manual procedure 03.00.AA Engi ne Assembly - Renew).
2. Position drain container.
3. Remove the drain plug and drain the oil from the sump.
4. Remove the left cam cover (Refer to ’Left Side Cam Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-4).
5. Remove the right cam cover (Refer to ’Right Side Cam Cover - Remove and Install’, page 3-10-9).
6. Release the hose clips and disconnect the two coolant hoses from the coolant manifold.
7. Release the hose clip and di sconnect the hose from the
oil separator.
8. Remove the four Torx bolts that attach the coolant manifold to cylinder heads (refer to Figure 1).
Figure 1
9. Release the coolant mani fold from coolant pipe,
disconnect the temperature sensor multiplug.
10. Remove the coolant manifold.
11. Remove and discard the two O-rings from the coolant manifold. 12. Loosen the three water pump pulley bolts (refer to
Figure 2).
Figure 2
13. Use an applicable socket bar to release the auxiliary
drive belt tensioner.
14. Remove the drive belt.
15. Remove the three bolts and remove the water pump pulley.
16. Remove the bolt that attaches the auxiliary drive belt tensioner.
17. Remove the tensioner (refer to Figure 3).
Figure 3
18. Remove the two bolts that attach the inspection cover to the lower crankcase. Remove the cover.
19. Install tool (303-1185) to hold flywheel. Install and tighten the two bolts .
20. Install the thrust button of tool (303 -1186) into the crankshaft.
21. Put the tool in position in the pulley. Attach the tool with the two bolts. Tighten the centre bolt and remove
the pulley from the crankshaft.
22. Collect the crankshaft pulley, locking ring and the special tool thrust button.
23. Remove the special tool from the pulley.
24. Remove and discard the O-ring seal from pulley.
25. Remove the bolt that attaches the alternator idler pulley.
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26. Remove the pulley (refer to Figure 4).
Figure 4
27. Remove the bolt that attaches the A/C compressor idler pulley. Remove the pulley (refer to Figure 5).
Figure 5
28. Position the drain tray.
29. Remove the oil filter.
30. Release the oil separator drain tube from the timing cover (refer to Figure 6).
Figure 6
31. Release the clip for the oil separator drain tube from the bracket. 32. Release the terminal cover on the alternator. Remove
the nut that attaches the battery cable to the alternator.
(refer to Figure 7).
Figure 7
33. Disconnect the electrical connector from the alternator.
34. Remove the bolt and the nut and bolt that attach the alternator.
35. Remove the alternator.
36. Remove the three Torx bolts that attach the alternator mounting bracket to cylinder block. Remove the bracket
(refer to Figure 8).
Figure 8
37. Remove the three bolts that attach the PAS pump to mounting bracket. Move the pump away.
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