Mazda MX-3 silhouetteMX-3

ON-VEHICLE MAINTENANCE

B2-28prose procedure

RH and LH cylinder heads have distinct camshaft cap loosening sequences; LH head has a distributor cap.

Continued from B2-27

Camshaft cap removal

  1. 4
    Loosen the camshaft cap bolts in five or six steps in the order shown.
    Top view of the RH (right) cylinder head camshaft caps showing the loosening order. Numbered bolt callouts across the top row read 7, 5, 15, 13, 11, 9, 1 (with 3 and 4 to the right side) and bottom row 6, 8, 14, 16, 12, 10, 2. The center cap is labelled THRUST CAP.
  2. 5
    Remove the camshaft caps.
    Top view of the LH (left) cylinder head camshaft caps showing the loosening order. Numbered bolt callouts across the top row read 2, 12, 10, 16, 14, 6, 8 (with 4 and 3 to the left) and bottom row 1, 9, 11, 13, 15, 7, 5. Center caps are labelled THRUST CAP and DISTRIBUTOR CAP.

Cylinder head bolt

  1. 1
    Temporarily install the No.3 engine mount bracket to support the engine.
    Engine bay view of the No.3 engine mount bracket area, shown for temporarily installing the bracket to support the engine.
  2. 2
    Remove the SST.
    Engine bay with SST 49 G017 5A0 (engine support) installed over the engine; label box reads '49 G017 5A0'. Shown for removing the SST.
  3. 3
    Loosen the cylinder head bolts in two or three steps in the order shown.
    Top view of the cylinder head showing the cylinder head bolt loosening order. Numbered callouts top row 3, 7, 6, 2 and bottom row 4, 8, 5, 1.
  4. 4
    Remove the cylinder head bolts.
Support our work!

Search Manual

Search pages, specs, and procedures