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Tools needed...10mm socket,short extension bar, ratchet handle, long flat blade screwdriver,pair of pliers
and about an hour of your time...
First job,put bonnet on highest opening hole..makes it much easier to see what you`re doing!
Using 10mm socket,take off the 4 plug cover dome nuts and remove cover
Loosen off all dome nuts holding cam cover in place..there are 6 of them,3 at the front,1 to the left of the plug cover and 2 at the back..
Next,using the 10mm socket,remove the aircon hose bracket from the back left of the cam cover
Using the 10mm socket carefully remove the 4 brass bolts holding the coil packs in place
...and gently pull all 4 coil packs just out of their sockets...this makes it a bit easier to remove the connecters
Now remove connecters..
I thought it easier to number the coil packs so they would go back in the same place...I used the corner of the flat blade screwdriver to gently mark them....
Now remove coil packs.....then using the flat blade screwdriver,gently prise the 6 rubberized washers up and remove.
Using your pliers,squeeze the clip around the breather hose to the right of the cam cover and remove...
Remove dipstick and oilcap and gently push coil pack connecters towards the back of the cam cover.
Now heres the part you`ve all been waiting for!! Using the flat blade screwdriver,ease the cam cover off the top of the engine...do this in 2 or 3 places as gently as you can so that the rubber seal is not damaged.The cover should come off quite easily without too much persuading.
Ease the cover off the top of the engine...it will need to twisted and turned a bit to get around the aircon pipe...First and worst part over!!
Next job turn the cam cover over and using the flat blade driver again,VERY GENTLY prise the cam cover seal out of its groove and GENTLY remove using your fingers..this will save wasting money buying a new seal.
Carefully dry the seal with a rag or kitchen towel and put it into the new cam cover following the same contours as the old cover..it should be a perfect fit xthumbup
Dry off any excess oil on the top of the engine block where the cam cover seal will sit and carefully replace the cam cover.
Replace all rubberized washers....
...and put the domed nuts back on....
Tighten these nuts carefully,dont force them,they only need to be hand tight using the 10 mm socket...tighten them as you would if replacing a wheel ie opposing nuts in a circular manner.Dont forget the nuts at the rear!!
Replace breather hose...
Replace coil packs..
Connect them up...
Now replace coil pack bolts and aircon hose clip.I found it easier to put a drop or two of light oil on bolt threads to ease them in as there were slight traces of paint in the thread holes...
Finally,replace plug cover,oil cap and dipstick...
JOB DONE :xvtec: ........................dont forget to check seal for any minor leaks and GENTLY re-tighten!
and about an hour of your time...
First job,put bonnet on highest opening hole..makes it much easier to see what you`re doing!
Using 10mm socket,take off the 4 plug cover dome nuts and remove cover
Next,using the 10mm socket,remove the aircon hose bracket from the back left of the cam cover
Using the 10mm socket carefully remove the 4 brass bolts holding the coil packs in place
...and gently pull all 4 coil packs just out of their sockets...this makes it a bit easier to remove the connecters
Now remove connecters..
I thought it easier to number the coil packs so they would go back in the same place...I used the corner of the flat blade screwdriver to gently mark them....
Now remove coil packs.....then using the flat blade screwdriver,gently prise the 6 rubberized washers up and remove.
Using your pliers,squeeze the clip around the breather hose to the right of the cam cover and remove...
Remove dipstick and oilcap and gently push coil pack connecters towards the back of the cam cover.
Now heres the part you`ve all been waiting for!! Using the flat blade screwdriver,ease the cam cover off the top of the engine...do this in 2 or 3 places as gently as you can so that the rubber seal is not damaged.The cover should come off quite easily without too much persuading.
Ease the cover off the top of the engine...it will need to twisted and turned a bit to get around the aircon pipe...First and worst part over!!
Next job turn the cam cover over and using the flat blade driver again,VERY GENTLY prise the cam cover seal out of its groove and GENTLY remove using your fingers..this will save wasting money buying a new seal.
Carefully dry the seal with a rag or kitchen towel and put it into the new cam cover following the same contours as the old cover..it should be a perfect fit xthumbup
Dry off any excess oil on the top of the engine block where the cam cover seal will sit and carefully replace the cam cover.
Replace all rubberized washers....
...and put the domed nuts back on....
Tighten these nuts carefully,dont force them,they only need to be hand tight using the 10 mm socket...tighten them as you would if replacing a wheel ie opposing nuts in a circular manner.Dont forget the nuts at the rear!!
Replace breather hose...
Replace coil packs..
Connect them up...
Now replace coil pack bolts and aircon hose clip.I found it easier to put a drop or two of light oil on bolt threads to ease them in as there were slight traces of paint in the thread holes...
Finally,replace plug cover,oil cap and dipstick...
JOB DONE :xvtec: ........................dont forget to check seal for any minor leaks and GENTLY re-tighten!
