ok so here is my question
i am replacing lifter/lifters in my 2.4(2002 z24 cavie) and was wondering waht ALL i will need to make this happen..i found a headreplacement kit for 66.00 that The kit includes a cylinder head gasket, an exhaust camshaft cover gasket, an intake manifold gasket. and was wondering what else, timing cover gasket?
and also if anyone has a place to get anyof these peices for cheaper plaease let me know.. or a head for a 2.4 in GOOD condition let me know .
any thing else i my of forgot please fill free to correct me , im abou thalf asleep right now
Timing cover gasket most likely, good idea to replace thermostat (hence thermostat housing gasket/o'ring), TB gasket if you pull that off the manifold, I can't think of anything else right now. I am not certain how the water pump bolts to that motor, but if you have to pull it off, then you'll need gaskets for that too. If you DO have to yank the pump, might as well replace it anyway if you can swing it with all these other things going on.
Also, is there a way to replace the lifters without taking the head off? (if u dont want to answer the question then please Dont, and dont waist ur time to put search or something like that.Why waist everyones time inclusing ur own by doing that everytime someone wants to ask something, otherwise what the hell is this forum for??)
Yes. If I had a scanner, I would gladly scan the pages from my shop manual, but as far as I can tell from reading this, the head itself need not come off. The lifters in the 2.4 aren't in the block anyway, they are under the cams in the camshaft housing assemblies. Which brings to mind another thing, you'll need to replace the camshaft housing to head gaskets. Dunno if it will help you any, but the procedure starts on page 6-236, and concludes on page 6-245 of Volume 1 (2000 model year, your engine should be the same though).
Alright bro thanx a ton! uv saved me a ton of time and pain.
im going to get all the gaskets and lifters i need orderd and hope i can have it done b4 the bash , i realy wan to take my car
Glad I could help, just wish I had a scanner, and I'd email those pages to you or something.
Don't mean to but in here, but usually a digital camera does the trick
"The Blue Bullet"
True. But my cam isn't the best in the world, I'd have to take like 20 or 30 pics to get good enough resolution (closeup) so he could read the text. Let me know, I'll do it if you want.
nah its cool, i got an idea of what i gotta do, plus i got someone who knows what they are doing to help out
well i would think you need to at least take the timing house off so you could get the sprokets off the camshafts then just pull the camshafts out and there are the lifters no real need to yank off the whole head tho.
"sometimes the respect is more important..."
yeah the timing chain cover has to cme off
but after you get that off its easy and the only gasket you would really need to have would be the camshaft housing gaskets and the timing housing gasket.
"sometimes the respect is more important..."
Yes, i am only replacing lifter, camtower gasket.tming chain. timing chaing guides and timing chain gasket
Forgive the low quality, my Canon Powershot A520 is only 4 megapixels.
The exhaust cam is pretty similar, same bolt sequence. Orange gasket for exhaust, green for intake. (stock I assume, no flippin clue why though)
pictures of intake cam removal sequence text from GM manual Pics are in order of text. IE picture001 is first set of steps, picture014 is last set of steps.
The only pic I took of an illustration is the fastener tightening sequence. And I missed part of the lifter storage tips, since you are replacing them anyway, I guess it doesn't matter. But to clarify, store the lifters upside down (camshaft side UP) submerged in clean engine oil. Would be a good idea to work the plungers in and out with your pinky finger or something while submerged to bleed them up. I hope this helps.
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Sorry, I mis-typed the lifter storage part, you want to store them camshaft side DOWN, plungers up.
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