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facade wrote: It looks a Big Job to me, the timing cover holds the head on, so you pretty much strip the engine down to a bare block.
Your CD should just have pdf files on it, the one you want is 99500_81A10_01E_1.pdf it should just open with acrobat reader, or some such (but windows 7 is a bit odd in what it permits to happen, maybe you need copy it off the cd to somewhere else.)
Otherwise there is a thread about manuals in the stickies
Remove
Sump
Timing cover and timing chain, camshaft sprockets
Camshafts
Wiring connectors to cam and crank sensors
Inlet and exhaust manifolds
Power sreer pump
Cylinder head bolts
Cylinder head
Sump and timing cover recommend Suzuki sealant, but a good quality instant gasket should suffice..
Remove
Sump
Timing cover and timing chain, camshaft sprockets
Camshafts
Wiring connectors to cam and crank sensors
Inlet and exhaust manifolds
Power sreer pump
Cylinder head bolts
Cylinder head
Sump and timing cover recommend Suzuki sealant, but a good quality instant gasket should suffice..
Good Luck
remove sump ??? :S :S :S why one earth would i want to remove the sump that would be like taking your socks of for a hair cut
I wonder if a nice friendly garage will let you into their Autodata computer's info just for the head torqueing procedure and settings as the rest I think from your experience you'll work out as you go along.
Are you getting the head skimmed? At that mileage I think I would.
It's a testament to these twin cam units how good they are if they get to 178k miles before needing a new head gasket!
Kirkynut
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Removal of the sump is recomended in workshop manual, as rhe timing chain coverr is bolted to the sump, any disturbance could cause a future oil leak.
Why read the manual and then ignore the procedure ???
