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Cylinder Head

INSTALL CYLINDER HEAD SUB-ASSEMBLY

HINT: The cylinder head bolts are tightened in 2 progressive steps.

a. Apply a light coat of engine oil on the threads and under the heads of the cylinder head bolts.
b. Install the 10 bolts and plate washers to the cylinder head.

NOTICE: Do not drop the washers into the cylinder head.






c. Using a 10 mm bi-hexagon wrench, uniformly tighten the 10 bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.
Torque: 79 Nm (806 kgf-cm, 58 ft. lbs.)






d. Mark the front side of each cylinder head bolt with paint.
e. Retighten the cylinder head bolts by 90° the sequence shown in the illustration.
f. Check that the painted marks are now at a 90° angle to the front.