M102 2.3 cylinder-head gasket

[franksm]

Hi folks

Looks like I need to take the head off my engine after last week's coolant pipe problems.

The workshop manuals say to take the head out with the exhaust and inlet manifolds attached. Seems that the inlet manifold is in two parts and is bolted to its lower half with two hex bolts ? Is that all ?

I'm going to renew the hydraulic timing adjuster, its two pins (since the book suggests the pins will be a pig to remove), new head bolts, new gaskets all around.

Is there anything else I should bother about ? Eg. valve-stem oil-seals (how much work involved in stripping down the head to get access to those ?)

Engine has about 104,000 miles on it and is otherwise good & strong. Not smokey at all.

Thanks

Frank

 

[franksm]

Folks, am in the process of stripping my M102 2.3 engine - but although the manuals say to lift the head off the car with the manifolds attached, I want to leave the inlet manifold in the engine bay.

Has anyone gone this route before ?

How many bolts holding the manifold in place ? I think I found all of them plus an "extra" which may or may not be a cap rather than a bolt as such.