In this video, the camshafts, lifters and head are removed from a 2006 Suzuki Forenza. The actual damage to valves can be seen and some helpful tips are prov…
In this video, the camshafts, lifters and head are removed from a 2006 Suzuki Forenza. The actual damage to valves can be seen and some helpful tips are prov…
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hello terry! is it crucial to take the camshafts gears off? i mean will it
make it harder to take the cams out if i leave the gears on? i left my
gears on and the camshaft was really hard to take off the head. thanks for
your help!
Hello Terry. What do I do if one of the pistons is pretty bad? Is it simple
to replace a piston?
HA HA…
you said that the machine shop might have a turn around time of 1 day…
Crab, not sure if you’re still interested, but I took a look at this before
I buttoned it up. On the intake camshaft side, the head bolts are slightly
to the side, but if they come out past the cam, it will barely make it. On
the exhaust side, there is no way those bolts will come out unless the
exhaust cam is pulled. Those head bolts are directly under the camshaft.
Very helpful stuff. I appreciate it. I am going to get my husband to watch
this! Thanks.
Very good video looks like alot of work do think a high mileage car is
worth doing the head as you did. 320+ km or around 198 mi
Thanks for the info. Good thing is that we found out it was a actually a
warranty issue.
do the cams have to come out of the head if you only want to replace the
head gasket, but no valves? Can’t tell if the head bolts are actually under
the cam shafts.
Hi crab. I don’t have the head to take a look, but the FSM says to remove
the cams. Take a look at the removal bolt sequence in this video and you
can see that the bolts are a little to the side of cams . May be possible,
not sure.
@darrin. Thanks Darrin. For me, it would be as I hate car payments. If you
like working on cars and I like saving money, why not!
Thank you and I wish you well.
Thanks for the reply
like for you
I’m getting confused according to the order of unbolting the camshafts, i
have been told that we always should start with the quarter turns but from
the outside to the inside? some people do it differently with no issues.
like for you
Yes, some people do it differently as you mention. Some from the outside to
inside and some Inside to outside? With only quarter turns on the bolts, it
wouldn’t hurt the camshafts either way. The general rule is that when you
unbolt something such as cams, heads, manifolds, you start from the outside
and work your way in. Then when you bolt it back, you start on the inside
and work your way outwards. The idea behind this is to minimize any warpage
that may occur.
Good to hear that it was in warranty crab! I never seem to have all the
luck…Thanks for posting for others crab…
Chief, If you had to guess what could cause a loud rattling noise coming
from the left side of the camshaft area when I start the engine, but once
the temperature raises to normal the noise fades completely out, wont sound
again until the engine cools down again.