Removal

1. Raise the car on a lift and remove the right front wheel.
2. Remove the front section of fender liner.





3. Drain the coolant. Lower the car.





4. Disconnect the negative (-) battery lead and cover the terminal pole on the battery.





5. Snip through the ties securing the wiring and hoses to the torque arm. Remove the torque arm.





6. Disconnect the earth lead from the cylinder head and tuck it out of the way.





7. Ease the drive belt off the pulley.








8. Remove the locking pin from the belt tensioner and the tensioner securing bolts from the cylinder head.





9. Place a protective steel panel or the like in front of the oil cooler. Unbolt the fixings for the AC compressor and place it, with suitable protection underneath, on the radiator crossmember.





10. Remove the compressor bracket.








11. Undo the nuts, lift the exhaust manifold off the studs and then lower it onto the subframe.








12. Unplug the connector from the air mass meter. Remove the rubber elbow and air mass meter assembly from between the throttle housing and the intake-air silencer. Stuff a rag into the open end of the silencer.





13. Disconnect the electrical lead from the thermostatic switch.





14. Disconnect the heater-box hose from the thermostat housing.





15. Disconnect the top coolant hose from the cylinder head.





16. Remove the clip for the Direct Ignition System (DI) wiring loom from the pressure-sensor bracket.





17. Undo the four screws and lift the ignition module (cartridge) out of the way.





18. Undo the securing bolts for the fuel-pressure regulator and lift the regulator complete with bracket and hoses out of the way. Note the ground lead.
19. Remove the top bolts securing the top of the inlet manifold to the bottom half.





20. Disconnect the throttle cable from the throttle linkage (Automatics: and the kickdown cable).





21. Unplug the connector from the throttle-position sensor.
22. Disconnect the preheater hoses from the throttle housing.





23. Disconnect the crankcase-breather and vacuum hoses from the camshaft cover.








24. Undo the bolts in the top of the inlet manifold and set aside the bracket for the dipstick tube. Lift off the top section of the inlet manifold complete with throttle housing and stand it on a cover on top of the false bulkhead panel.





25. Slacken the securing bolts in the manifold steady bars, and remove the bolts securing the manifold to the cylinder head. Lift the manifold back towards the false bulkhead panel.





26. Remove the two securing bolts from the top of the engine-mounting bracket and slacken the two lower ones.





27. Remove the camshaft cover.








28. Line up the '0' mark on the flywheel with the timing mark on the end plate and ensure that the timing marks on the camshafts are also in line.





29. Remove the chain tensioner. Use a 27-mm socket and extension, gaining access through the middle of the engine bracket.





30. Remove the camshaft sprockets.





31. Remove the two bolts securing the timing cover to the cylinder head from underneath.





32. Remove the cylinder head bolts (ten Torx screws).
33. Soak up any oil. Making sure first that the timing chain is not in the way, lift off the cylinder head.