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For 1990-2009 cars only
  1. Clean the cylinder liners and bores with solvent.
  2. Important: All foreign material must be carefully removed from the cylinder liner and from the cylinder bore, before the cylinder liner installation.

  3. Blow dry the cylinder liners with compressed air. Wear protective safety glasses and gloves.
  4. Apply clean engine oil to the outside of the cylinder liner.
  5. Important: The installation of the cylinder liner retaining bolt and washer will prevent the cylinder liners from moving or falling free, if the engine is being moved or rotated on the engine stand.

  6. Install the cylinder liner into the cylinder block.
  7. Install the cylinder liner retaining bolts and washers.
  8. • Cylinder liner retaining bolt.
       - Size and pitch: M14-2 mm.
       - Length: 30 mm (1.181 in).
    • Cylinder liner retainer washer.
       - Thickness: 3-5 mm (0.118-0.197 in).
       - Outside diameter: 40 mm (1.575 in).

    Object Number: 736777  Size: SH

    Important: Remove the cylinder liner retaining bolt and washer when installing the piston assembly. Reinstall the retaining bolt and the washer, after the piston assembly has been installed. Leave the retaining bolt and the washer in place and do not remove until the installation of the cylinder head assembly.

  9. Measure the amount of the cylinder liner projection.
  10. • Use a straight edge and feeler gauge, as shown in the figure. If properly installed, the cylinder liner should project 0.06-0.1 mm (0.0024-0.0039 in) above the gasket mating surface of the cylinder head.
    • The difference in the cylinder liner projection height between any two adjacent cylinders, must not exceed 0.03 mm (0.0012 in).
  11. Recheck the piston to cylinder liner clearance.