So I've been working on my aunts corolla for most of today. It's got a blown head gasket. An I've been tearing into it.

The only thing in my way now is the camshafts. And I have no idea how to properly remove one. Sooo, help? Please?

 

Dual cams...what a PITA. If it was a 3.4L I could send you part of the manual...but I have nothing on a front wheel drive.

Do you know what engine it is (model number)?

 

Get the car at TDC, and make sure all your marks line up. Remove the timing belt, and have at it. Look on google for the torque specs and the tightening pattern when you go to put them back in.


Oh...And you did it the hard way, taking the intake off in the car,

 

And make sure you can find the cam gear marks. They have to line up (to keep from blowing the engine up...)

 

I know it's a 94 1.8l. Not sure on actual model number.

And yeah the intake was the biggest PITA. But I don't have a way to take the engine out.

So get the car at TDC. I assume you mean cylinder 1? And do that before I remove anything else right? How can I be sure it's at TDC

And will the cam gear marks be on the actual gears I assume? And do they need to line up before or after I take them out, I'm assuming both?

Thanks guys. This whole cam thing is something completely new to me, but something I've wanted to do for a while