Disconnect the battery.
Remove the battery.
Remove the engine top covers.
Remove the engine undertray.
Remove the accessory drive belt.
Remove the timing belt.
Remove the front bumper.
Install the support bar (1) to maintain the engine (Mot. 1672).
Remove the camshaft pulleys by blocking the shafts with a tool (1) (Mot. 1490-01).
Remove the fuel rail guard and fuel feed line.
Move the fuel supply line to the side.
Disconnect the brake booster vacuum hose from the intake manifold.
Disconnect the wiring harness from the coolant temperature sensor.
Disconnect the hoses from the thermostat housing.
Disconnect:
- wire blocks (1) from ignition coils;
- wiring block (2) from the air temperature sensor;
- wire blocks (3) absolute pressure sensor;
- hose from the canister purge solenoid valve (4);
- block of wires from the upstream oxygen sensor.
Disconnect the wire blocks from the injectors.
Connect holders.
Turn aside a plait of wires. Remove coils and spark plugs. Remove the air filter housing. Remove the throttle body. Removing the lifting eye (1) and loosening the fixing screws (2), remove the intake manifold.
Loosen the fixing screws (1) catalytic converter bracket to the gearbox housing and fastening nuts (2) exhaust pipe flange.
Take aside the final pipeline.
Loosen the fixing screws (1) and remove the oil separator.
Loosen the mounting bolts and separate the cylinder head cover by tapping on the lugs (1) bronze punch.
Attention. Be careful not to damage the mating surfaces of the aluminum alloy parts.
Remove the intake and exhaust camshafts.
Remove rockers (1) and hydraulic pushers (2).
Note. Place the hydraulic tappets in a vertical position to prevent oil leakage from them.
Turn off bolts of fastening and remove a head of the block of cylinders.
Install the cylinder head on the stand (Mot. 1573).
Remove the gasket from the cylinder block.