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Cylinder Head

CYLINDER HEAD SUB-ASSEMBLY LH

Apply a light coat of engine oil to the threads and under the heads of the cylinder head bolts.




Step 1:
- Using a 10 mm bi-hexagon wrench, install and uniformly tighten the 10 cylinder head bolts with the plate washers in several steps, in the sequence shown in the illustration.
Torque: 36 Nm (367 kgf-cm, 27 ft-lbf)




Step 2:
- Mark the front of the cylinder head bolts with paint.
- Further tighten the cylinder head bolts 90° and then an additional 90° as shown in the illustration.

Step 3:
- Check that the paint mark is now at a 180° angle from the front.




Install and uniformly tighten the 2 cylinder head bolts.
Torque: 21 Nm (214 kgf-cm, 16 ft-lbf)

CYLINDER HEAD SUB-ASSEMBLY RH

Apply a light coat of engine oil to the threads and under the heads of the cylinder head bolts.





Step 1:
- Using a 10 mm bi-hexagon wrench, install and uniformly tighten the 10 cylinder head bolts with the plate washers in several steps, in the sequence shown in the illustration.
Torque: 36 Nm (367 kgf-cm, 27 ft-lbf)





Step 2:
- Mark the front of the cylinder head bolts with paint.
- Further tighten the cylinder head bolts 90° and then an additional 90° as shown in the illustration.


Step 3:
- Check that the paint mark is now at a 180° angle from the front.




Install and uniformly tighten the 2 cylinder head bolts.
Torque: 21 Nm (214 kgf-cm, 16 ft-lbf)