Sportage 4WD 2Dr L4-2.0L (2002)
Valve Cover: Service and Repair
Removal
1. Disconnect the negative battery terminal. Proceed to remove the hose at the resonance chamber.
2. Remove one bolt and the resonance chamber, then remove the two accelerator cable bracket bolts from the cylinder head cover.
3. Remove the two air intake tubes-to-cylinder head cover bolts.
4. Disconnect the accelerator cable by pulling back on the throttle shaft and rotating the accelerator cable until it lines up with the slot in the pulley.
5. Loosen the air hose clamp from the air intake hose to the MAF sensor.
6. Remove the IAC and breather hoses, and the vacuum line from the air intake tube.
7. Remove the three bolts from the air intake tube to the throttle body and remove the air intake tube and air intake hose as an assembly.
8. Remove the six coil cover bolts from the top of the cylinder head cover.
9. Disconnect the electrical connectors from the ignition coils.
10. Remove the four bolts (two each) from the ignition coils to the cylinder head cover.
11. Remove the spark plug wires from the spark plugs.
12. Remove the 15 cylinder head cover bolts.
13. Remove the cylinder head cover.
Installation
