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Toyota 3VZE Head Gasket question

Does anyone know if it is possible to pull and reinstall the head on a

3VZE without removing the camshaft. I have the a set of instructions that I had my local Toyota dealership print out for me and they include

a few steps that I hope could be skipped although I haven't torn into the engine yet to find out. The instructions outline removing the fuel

rails and injectors prior to removing the intake manifold as well as removing the camshaft including their oil seals and bearing caps prior to removing the head. Are the head bolts obstructed by the location of

the camshaft? Any advice would be appreciated including special tools I may need, what seals to replace while I have it apart and things to look for or look out for. Thanks, Chris

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McGyver
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Get an engine gasket kit from the dealer. It will have everything you need. Replace every gasket you can. Nothing is worse then going back in to replace a bad gasket you reused.

If you use a small, 12 point socket, you can get the head bolts loose without removing the cam. I just did it 2 weeks ago. The problem is the cam blocks the head bolts from being removed all the way out. You should replace the head bolts when removing the heads. They tend to stretch.

I removed the camshaft (not really a big issue anyway, just don't let the shims fall out like I did) after I removed the heads. I didn't have a cam pully holding tool (that I now see Amazon has for about 15 bucks) and I could not get the pullys off.

You don't have to remove the exhaust manfolds, but you will have to remove all the pipes and the cross over. When reinstalling the heads, make sure the crossover is correctly back on before you bolt everything down.

Put a new timing belt, all pullys, and water pump since you will be in the area. And get the service manual. Getting everything back on and lined up correct is real easy when the book tells you what marks to line up.

And mark all the stupid vacume lines. If you misplace just one line, you will be spending hours trying to track down strange engine problems.

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Porch

I hope that you did replace the head bolts, they are torque to yeild bolts (tty) and can shear quite easily when resused and torqued down properly.

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Tony

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