Kia Carens. Manual - part 27

7. Remove intake manifold.

8. Remove HLA's.

9. Store HLA's upside down is an oil filled container.

10. Loosen cylinder head bolts in two or three steps following order in figure.

11. Remove cylinder head by lifting it off from cylinder block.

12. Protect HLA bore with SST (K95A-1000-E) or equivalent. Compress valve springs with SST or equivalent and allow

enough room to remove valve locks.

13. Slowly release pressure and remove valve spring from cylinder head.

14. Remove valve seals with SST or equivalent.

15. Repeat same procedure on all 16 valves.

16. Keep valves in correct order if they are to be reused.

17. Mark cylinder so that valves can be installed to their original positions.

18. Remove valves from cylinder head.

19. Remove lower spring seals from cylinder head.

20. Install SST or equivalant.

(Clutch disc centering tool amd ring gear brake)

21. Loosen each bolt one turn at a time in a crisscross pattern, until spring tension is released then remov clutch cover

and disc.

22. Remove pilot bearing with SST(Bearing puller) or equivalent if necessary.

23. Hold flywheel with SST (Ring rear brake) or equivalent.

24. Remove eight bolt to remove flywheel.

25. Remove oil pan mounting bolts.

26. Remove oil pan with a screwdriver or suitable tool as shown in figure.

• Do not force tools between cylinder block and oil pan as this may damage sealing surface.
• Do not damage sealing surface when removing old sealant.

27. Remove oil strainer.

28. Remove timing belt pulley.

29. Remove oil pump mounting bolt and oil pump.

30. Using a screwdriver covered by a rag, remove oil seal from pump cover side.

31. Remove rear cover.

32. Wrap a prying with a shop towel and slowly pry out rear oil seal.

33. Remove water pump.

34. Remove oil filter and oil pressure switch.

35. Check top of each cylinder for ridages.

Failure to remove a ridage before removing piston will result in damaged ring-lands, cracked piston rings, or
cracked piston.

36. If a ridage can be felt, use a ridage reamer to remove ridge before attempting to remove piston from cylinder.