How to remove a cylinder head on a Honda?
1. Remove both valve covers. Note: To ease the removal of the valve covers, remove the power steering pump with its hoses connected. This allows access to the wire harness mounting bolts.
What are the head bolts on a Honda Element?
Loosen the 10 bolts on the cylinder head in the appropriate sequence for the Honda Element. The cylinder head bolt numbers for the loosening sequence on a Honda Element with a 2.4-liter engine are 1, 5, 7, 9 and 3. The lower-level head bolt numbers are 2, 4, 10, 8 and 6.
What to do after removing cylinder head bolts?
If any valve cover gasket material remains, remove it at this time and clean any excess oil from the edges. Set the valve cover aside carefully as it will be reused with a new gasket once repairs are completed. Step 1: Rocker arm and rocker removal.
How do you replace the head gasket on a Honda Civic?
These steps will only describe how to remove, properly clean the surface, and replace the head gasket. Peel the head gasket up to remove it. If the gasket it sticking in some areas, run the razor blade underneath the gasket as leveled to the surface as possible.
1. Remove both valve covers. Note: To ease the removal of the valve covers, remove the power steering pump with its hoses connected. This allows access to the wire harness mounting bolts.
Loosen the 10 bolts on the cylinder head in the appropriate sequence for the Honda Element. The cylinder head bolt numbers for the loosening sequence on a Honda Element with a 2.4-liter engine are 1, 5, 7, 9 and 3. The lower-level head bolt numbers are 2, 4, 10, 8 and 6.
Where do the bolts go on a cylinder head?
The head bolts are long bolts that go through the cylinder head and head gasket and when torqued properly create a seal between all 3 components. This seal allows compression to build in the cylinders and the engine to fire. Cylinder heads come in many different configurations that each have their own specific steps to remove.
How do you close the valves on a cylinder head?
To do that, put the piston at TDC compression stroke and make sure both valves are closed. You can then run compressed air into the cylinder to hold the valves in place as you compress the valve springs. I often use my compression tester hose to do this.