Engine: Service and Repair

Components:

ENGINE REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION

WARNING:
- Situate vehicle on a flat surface
- Place chocks at front and back rear wheels.
- Do not remove engine until exhaust system has completely cooled off. Otherwise, you may burn yourself and/or fire may break out in the fuel line.
- For safety during subsequent steps, the tension of wires should be slackened against the engine.
- Before disconnecting the fuel hose, release fuel pressure from the fuel line.
- Be sure to hoist engine and transaxle in a safe manner.
- For engines not equipped with engine slingers, attach the proper slingers and bolts.

CAUTION:
- When lifting the engine, be careful not to strike adjacent parts, especially the following: Accelerator wire casing, brake lines, and brake master cylinder.
- In hoisting the engine, always use engine slingers in a safe manner,
- When removing the transaxle assembly from the engine, first remove the crankshaft position sensor (OBD) from the assembly. Be careful not to damage the sensor edge and ring gear teeth.

Removal

1. Remove engine under cover and hood.
2. Drain coolant from both cylinder block and radiator.
3. Drain engine oil from the drain plug of the oil pan.
4. Remove vacuum hoses, fuel hoses, wires, harness and connectors and so on.
5. Remove exhaust tubes, ball joints, and drive shafts.
6. Remove the radiator and fans.
7. Remove drive belts.
8. Remove the alternator, compressor, and power steering oil pump from the engine.
9. Set a suitable transmission jack under the transaxle. Hoist the engine with the engine slinger.





10. Remove the center member.









11. Remove the engine mounting bolts from both sides and then slowly lower the transmission jack.





12. Remove the engine with transaxle as shown.


Installation





1. Install the engine mounting bracket and fixing bolts.

NOTE: Be sure that the insulators are correctly positioned on the brackets.

2. Carefully lower the engine onto the engine mounting insulators.





NOTE: When installing the engine, adjust the height of the engine as shown. (For M/T)

3. Installation is in the reverse order of removal.