Special Tools Required
Handle driver ( 07749-0010000)
| 1. | Check the connecting rod bearing clearance with plastigage. |
| 2. | Check the main bearing clearance with plastigage. |
| 3. | Inspect the connecting rod bolts. |
| 4. | Install the bearing halves in the cylinder block and connecting rods. |
| 5. | Apply a coat of engine oil to the main bearings and rod bearings. |
| 6. | Hold the crankshaft so rod journal No. 2 and rod journal No. 3 are straight up, and lower the crankshaft into the block. |
| 7. | Install the thrust washers (A) in the No. 4 journal of the cylinder block.
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| 8. | Apply engine oil to the threads and flange of the connecting rod bolts. |
| 9. | Seating the rod journals into connecting rod No. 1 and connecting rod No. 4. Line up the mark (B) on the connecting rod and cap, then install the caps and bolts finger-tight. |
| 10. | Rotate the crankshaft clockwise, and seat the journals into connecting rod No. 2 and connecting rod No. 3. Line up the mark on the connecting rod and cap, then install the caps and bolts finger-tight. |
| 11. | Tighten the connecting rod bolts to 9.8 N·m (1.0 kgf·m, 7.2 lbf·ft). |
| 12. | Tighten the connecting rod bolts an additional 90°. |
| 13. | Remove old liquid gasket from the bearing cap bridge mating surfaces. |
| 14. | Clean and dry the bearing cap bridge mating surfaces. |
| 15. | Apply a 1.5 mm wide bead of the liquid gasket, P/N 08C70-K0234M, 08C70-K0334M or 08C70-X0331S, along the broken lines (A). NOTE: Do not install the parts if 5 minutes or more have elapsed since applying liquid gasket. Instead, reapply liquid gasket after removing old residue.
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| 16. | Put the bearing cap bridge on the cylinder block. |
| 17. | Apply engine oil to the threads and flange of the bearing cap bolts. |
| 18. | Tighten the bearing cap bolts is sequence to 25 N·m (2.5 kgf·m, 18 lbf·ft).
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| 19. | Tighten the bearing cap bolts an additional 40°. |
| 20. | Clean the excess liquid gasket off the cylinder block. |
| 21. | Use the special tools to drive a new oil seal squarely into the block to the specified installed height.
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| 22. | Measure the distance between the crankshaft (A) and oil seal (B).
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| 23. | Install the dowel pins (A) and new O-ring (B) on the oil pump (C), then align the inner rotor with crankshaft, and install the oil pump.
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| 24. | Install the oil screen (D) with new gasket (E). |
| 25. | Install the cylinder head. |
| 26. | Install the cam chain. |