Cylinder Head Cover Removal; Cleaning; Inspection; Installation - Chrysler PT Cruiser Service & Repair Manual

PT
CYLINDER HEAD COVER
REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect the negative battery cable.
(2) Remove upper intake manifold (Refer to 9 -
ENGINE/MANIFOLDS/INTAKE
REMOVAL).
(3) Disconnect make-up air hose and PCV hoses
(Fig. 28) from cylinder head cover.
Fig. 28 PCV Valve Location
(4) Disconnect the ignition coil and capacitor elec-
trical connectors.
(5) Remove the spark plug cables, twist spark plug
boots, then pull straight up.
(6) Remove ignition coil bolts and then remove the
ignition coil and spark plug cables as an assembly.
(7) Remove ignition coil capacitor.
(8) Remove cylinder head cover bolts.
(9) Remove cylinder head cover (Fig. 29).

CLEANING

Clean cylinder head and cover mating surfaces
using a suitable solvent.

INSPECTION

Inspect cover rails for flatness.

INSTALLATION

(1) Inspect gasket and seals (Fig. 30). Replace as
necessary. For replacement of spark plug tube seals,
(Refer to 9 - ENGINE/CYLINDER HEAD/SPARK
PLUG TUBE SEAL - REMOVAL) and (Refer to 9 -
ENGINE/CYLINDER HEAD/SPARK PLUG TUBE
SEAL - INSTALLATION).
(2) Install cylinder head cover and gasket. The cyl-
inder head cover bolts have to be tightened in 2 steps
MANIFOLD -
1 - CYLINDER HEAD COVER GASKET
2 - SEAL
3 - BOLT
4 - SPARK PLUG TUBE SEALS
and in a tightening sequence. The first torque is to
tighten the bolts to 6 N·m (60 in. lbs.) then tighten
the bolts to 12 N·m (105 in. lbs.) (Fig. 31).
ENGINE 1.6L SOHC
Fig. 29 Cylinder Head Cover
Fig. 30 Cylinder Head Cover Gasket and Seals
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