- Remove the timing belt cover(s).
- Remove the valve cover.
Turn the flywheel so that the piston of the 1st cylinder is at TDC, i.e. so that both valves of the 1st cylinder are closed.
Now neither the crankshaft nor the intermediate shaft can be turned. Loosen the tension of the toothed belt and remove it only from the top, from the crankshaft pulley (see here).
If the camshaft pulley is to be removed, it must be blocked with a rod inserted through the hole and the mounting bolts must be unscrewed. Otherwise, the pulley is removed after the shaft has been extracted.
Gradually loosen and remove the nuts securing bearing caps 1, 3 and 5 (figure 219). Remove the lids, leaving only the 2nd and 4th.
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Loosen the nuts of the caps evenly "crosswise", making two turns. Remove the caps and take out the camshaft. The valve cover sealing ring should be in cap No.1.
Secure the camshaft in a vice and unscrew the toothed pulley bolts. Remove the ring and remove the seal on the other side of the shaft.
Remove the pushers. They cannot be mixed up and should therefore be marked. It is best to mark the inner surface: one on the first pusher, two on the second, and so on (see figure 43). In the case of a mechanism without hydraulic valve lifters, it is necessary to place the adjusting washers together with the corresponding lifters.
Check the condition of the camshaft (see here). The order of installation of the camshaft was described here.
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