Exhaust camshaft cover gasket
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- 400 Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1995–2000
- Section
- Repairs › Exhaust camshaft cover gasket
Engine - T SeriesExhaust camshaft cover gasket
- Connect multiplug to IAT sensor.
- Connect injector harness multiplug to engine harness.
- Connect evaporative emission canister purge hose to inlet manifold and secure with clip.
- Connect ECM vacuum hose to inlet manifold.
- Align PAS pipe brackets to cylinder head, fit bolts and tighten to 25 Nm.
- Secure h.t. leads to cylinder head support clip.
- Clean mating faces of throttle housing and inlet manifold.
- Fit throttle housing to inlet manifold, fit nuts and tighten to 8 Nm.
- Secure evaporative emission canister to mounting bracket.
- Connect Lucar to coolant temperature gauge sensor.
- Connect multiplug to ECT sensor.
- Connect engine coolant rail hose to thermostat housing and secure clip.
- Connect coolant expansion tank return hose to thermostat housing and secure clip.
- Connect radiator top hose to thermostat housing and secure clip.
- Clean timing belt gears and pulleys.
- Using fingers only, fit timing belt to gears, starting at the crankshaft gear and working in an anti-clockwise direction around the remaining gears and pulleys.
CAUTION: Ensure the belt run between the crankshaft and exhaust camshaft gear is kept taut during the fitting procedure.
- Loosen nut securing tool 18G 1524 , remove tool.
- Loosen timing belt tensioner pulley bolt sufficiently to allow tensioner pulley backplate to rotate without tapping the pulley.
- Remove timing pin tool 18G 1523 from flywheel.
- Rotate crankshaft 2 complete revolutions and align camshaft gear timing marks.
- Tighten tensioner pulley bolt to 25 Nm.
- Fit camshaft timing belt centre cover. See this section.
- Fit exhaust manifold. See MANIFOLD & EXHAUST SYSTEMS, Repairs.
- Fit air cleaner. See ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - MEMS, Repairs.
- Refill cooling system. See COOLING SYSTEM, Adjustments.
EXHAUST CAMSHAFT COVER GASKET
Remove
- Disconnect battery earth lead.
- Remove 4 screws securing spark plug cover, remove cover.
- Remove 13 bolts securing camshaft cover.
- Remove camshaft cover.
- Remove and discard gasket.
Refit
- Clean camshaft cover and mating face of camshaft housing.
- Position NEW gasket to camshaft housing.
NOTE: Fit gasket dry.
- Fit camshaft cover.
- Fit bolts securing camshaft cover finger tight and tighten in sequence shown to 10 Nm.
- Fit spark plug cover, fit screws and tighten to 2 Nm.
- Connect battery earth lead.
Parts & tools for this job For 1995 Rover 400
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- TOOLPenetrating oilSearch: penetrating oil
- TOOLOBD2 scannerSearch: OBD2 scanner
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