Removal

TOOL REQUIRED
- J 8037 Ring Compressor

REMOVAL
1. Relieve fuel pressure. Refer to Fuel Delivery and Air Induction. Fuel Delivery and Air Induction
2. Negative (-) battery cable.
3. Raise and suitably support vehicle.
4. Drain engine coolant. Refer to Cooling System. Cooling System
5. Place a drain pan beneath engine oil pan to catch escaping oil.
6. Engine oil drain plug and gasket, allowing engine oil to drain.





7. Two bolts and front pipe/Three Way Catalytic Converter (TWC) assembly from exhaust manifold.
8. Two nuts and front pipe/TWC assembly from resonator/muffler/tail pipe assembly.
9. Hanger supporting TWC and remove front pipe/TWC assembly from vehicle.
10. Fourteen bolts and two nuts and engine oil pan from vehicle.





11. Oil pump strainer bracket bolt, oil pump strainer bolt and oil pump strainer from cylinder block.
12. Oil pump strainer seal.
13. Lower vehicle.
14. Timing belt and belt tensioner.
15. Intake manifold and Throttle Body Fuel Injection (TBI) unit.
16. Exhaust manifold from cylinder head. Refer to Exhaust System. Exhaust System
17. Distributor from cylinder head.
18. Four nuts and seal washers and cylinder head cover from cylinder head.





19. Eight cylinder head bolts and cylinder head, with gasket, from cylinder block.

NOTE: Mark the cylinder number on all pistons, connecting rod and rod bearing caps. When disassembling, keep all parts in order by cylinder and return them to the correct cylinder.

20. Rod bearing caps.





CAUTION: Install a piece of hose over threads of rod bolts. This is to prevent damage to bearing journal, cylinder walls or rod bolt threads when removing the connecting rod. Remove hose after removal of connecting rod.

CAUTION: Decarbon the top of the cylinder bore before attempting to remove piston from the cylinder.

21. Piston and connecting rod assembly out through the top of the cylinder bore.