Service Manual

P224 Installation
1. Place a head gasket on the cylinder head and align
the stud holes in the gasket with the stud holes in the
cylinder head. While holding the gasket against the
cylinder head, carefully install the cylinder head on
the engine.
Do not attempt to slide the gasket over
the studs without the cylinder head behind it or the
gasket may tear.
2. Install a flat washer, two compression washers, and
nut on each of the top six studs (Figure 29 for cor-
rect sequence). When properly installed, only the
outside edges of the compression washers will be in
contact with each other. Install a flat washer and nut
on each of the four bottom studs.
engine damage.
3. Follow the head torque sequence shown in Fig-
ure
30. Tighten all nuts to 5 ft-lbs (7 Nm), then
10 ft-lbs (14 Nm), then to the torque specified in
ASSEMBLY TORQUES. Recheck all nuts for correct
torque.
HEAT TREATED
NUTS
COMPRESSION
WASHERS
NO. 1 CYLINDER NO. 2 CYLINDER
6 LONG STUDS/HEAD 4 SHORT STUDS/HEAD FIGURE 30. CYLINDER HEAD TORQUE SEQUENCE
4. Recheck torque when the engine has run a total of
FIGURE 29. CYLINDER HEAD WITH COMPRESSION WASHERS 50 hours.
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