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ON-VEHICLE MAINTENANCE — Camshaft cap / No.3 engine mount bracket

B2-31prose procedure

LH/RH cylinder head distinction (K8-ZE V6); distributor cap installs on LH cylinder head.

Camshaft cap and oil seal (continued)

  1. 4
    Install the camshaft caps, and hand tighten the camshaft cap bolts.
    Top view of the RH cylinder head camshaft caps showing the camshaft cap bolt tightening sequence with numbered callouts 1 through 16 arranged across the head.
  2. 5
    Tighten the camshaft cap bolts gradually in five or six steps in the order shown.
    Tightening torque: 11.3-14.2 N·m {115-145 kgf·cm, 100-125 in·lbf}
  3. 6
    Retighten the bolts in the order shown.
    Tightening torque: 11.3-14.2 N·m {115-145 kgf·cm, 100-125 in·lbf}
  4. 7
    Install the distributor cap. (LH cylinder head)
    Tightening torque: 11.3-14.2 N·m {115-145 kgf·cm, 100-125 in·lbf}
  5. 8
    Apply a light coat of clean engine oil to the new oil seal and the cylinder head.
  6. 9
    Tap the camshaft oil seal into the cylinder head by using a SST and a hammer.
    Protrusion: 0-0.5mm {0-0.019 in}
    Hands tapping the camshaft oil seal into the cylinder head using the SST (49 F401 337A) and a hammer.
    49 F401 337A
  7. 10
    Tap in the new blind cap by using a plastic hammer.
    View of tapping in the new blind cap into the cylinder head end using a plastic hammer; the camshaft gear teeth are visible.

No.3 engine mount bracket

  1. 1
    Install the No.3 engine mount bracket to the engine.
    Tightening torque: 44-60 N·m {4.4-6.2 kgf·m, 32-44 ft·lbf}
    View of the timing belt / camshaft pulley area showing installation of the No.3 engine mount bracket to the engine, with the timing belt and tensioner visible.
Camshaft cap bolt
11.3 - 14.2N·m
Distributor capLH cylinder head
11.3 - 14.2N·m
Camshaft oil seal protrusion
0-0.5mm {0-0.019 in}
No.3 engine mount bracket
44 - 60N·m

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