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7. Remove the fuel rail. 
8. Disconnect, but do not remove from the vehicle, the timing chain housing at the intake camshaft housing. 

9. Remove the camshaft housing cover to the camshaft housing retaining bolts.

Important: 
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Use the reverse of the tightening procedure when loosening the camshaft housing to the cylinder head retaining bolts.

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Leave the two bolts loosely in place in order to hold the camshaft housing while separating the camshaft cover from the housing.

10. Remove the camshaft housing to the cylinder head retaining bolts.

Important:  Tighten the bolts evenly in order to prevent the cover from binding on the dowel pins.

11. Push the cover off the housing by threading four of the housing to head retaining bolts into the tapped holes in the camshaft housing cover.
12. Remove the two loosely installed camshaft housing to head bolts.
13. Remove the cover and discard the gaskets.

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