Install Connecting Rod Caps - Toyota 3VZ–FE Troubleshooting Manual

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ENGINE TROUBLESHOOTING
(b) Using a piston ring compressor, push the correctly numbered
6.
A.
(a) Match the numbered connecting rod cap with the connecting
(b) Install the connecting rod cap with the front mark facing
B.
(a) Apply a light of engine oil on the threads and under the nuts
(b) Using SST, install and alternately tighten the nuts of the
(c) Mark the front of the connecting rod cap nut and bolt with
– ENGINE MECHANICAL
piston and connecting rod assemblies into each cylinder with
the front mark of the piston facing forward.

INSTALL CONNECTING ROD CAPS

Place connecting rod cap on connecting rod
rod.
forward.
Install connecting rod cap nuts
HINT:
The connecting rod cap nuts are tightened in two
progressive steps (steps (b) and (d)).
If any connecting rod bolt is broken or deformed, replace
them.
of the connecting rod cap.
connecting rod cap in several passes.
SST 09011–38121
Torque: 25 N m (250 kgf cm, 18 ft lbf)
If any one of the connecting rod cap nuts does not meet the
torque specification, replace the cap nut.
paint.