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System Specifications

MAIN BEARING CAP




Apply a light coat of engine oil to the threads and under the main bearing cap bolts.
Install and uniformly tighten the 10 main bearing cap bolts in several steps, in the sequence shown.
Torque: 27 Nm (275 kgf-cm, 20 ft. lbs.)
If any of the main bearing cap bolts does not meet the torque specification, replace the main bearing cap bolt.




Mark the front of the main bearing cap bolt with paint.
Retighten the main bearing cap bolts by 90° in the numerical order shown.
Check that the painted mark is now at a 90° angle to the front.
Check that the crankshaft turns smoothly.

ROD CAP
Install and alternately tighten the 2 connecting rod cap bolts in several passes.
Step 1: 24.5 Nm (250 kgf-cm, 18 ft. lbs.)
Step 2: Retighten the cap bolts by 90°.

CRANKSHAFT PULLEY
Torque: 245 Nm (2,500 kgf-cm, 181 ft. lbs.)