Tightening Specifications
INSTALL CYLINDER HEAD BOLTSHINT:
^ The cylinder head bolts are tightened in 3 progressive steps (steps (c, e and f).
^ If any cylinder head bolt is broken or deformed, replace it.
Cylinder Head Installation Sequence:
a. Apply a light coat of engine oil on the threads and under the heads of the cylinder head bolts
b. Install the plate washer to the cylinder head bolt.
c. Install and evenly tighten the 10 cylinder head bolts on one side of the cylinder head a little at a time for several times as in the order shown, then do the other side as shown.
Torque: 32 Nm (325 kgf-cm, 24 ft. lbs.)
If any one of the cylinder head bolts does not meet the torque specification, replace the cylinder head bolt.
NOTICE: Do not drop the plate washer of the cylinder head bolt into A area in the illustration. It will fall down to the oil pan through the cylinder head and the cylinder block.
d. Mark the front of the cylinder head bolt head with paint.
e. Retighten the cylinder head bolts by 90° only for the first time.
f. Then retighten them by 90° further for the second time.
g. Check that the painted mark is now at a 180° angle to the front.