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Cylinder Head Assembly

Cylinder Head





Tighten the bolts in the illustrated sequence two or three steps.
Tightening torque 108 ± 5 Nm (80 ± 4 ft-lb)

Back off the bolts once and tighten them again to the specified torque in step 1.

Cylinder head flatness of gasket surface
Standard value Less than 0.03 mm (0.001 in)
Limit 0.2 mm (0.007 in)
Cylinder head grinding limit of gasket surface Total resurfacing depth of cylinder head and cylinder block
Limit 0.2 mm (0.007 in)
Cylinder head overall height
Standard value 120 mm (4.7 in)

Intake manifold





Intake manifold nut 22 ± 1 Nm (16 ± 1 ft-lb)

Exhaust Manifold
Exhaust manifold nut 44 ± 5 Nm (33 ± 4 ft-lb)
Exhaust manifold stay bolt
M8 19 ± 3 Nm (14 ± 2 ft-lb)
M10 44 ± 8 Nm (33 ± 5 ft-lb)
M12 75 ± 10 Nm (56 ± 7 ft-lb)