My turn for a 2010 head gasket

I am getting to enjoy my first Toyota engine head gasket. I have a question that I am hoping someone will be able to steer me in the right direction. The manual says

(d) Apply approximately 150 kPa (1.5 kgf/cm2, 22 psi) of air pressure to the hole pricked in procedure A to release the lock pin.

Where is this lock pin and how do I know its released? It looks like I could just remove the tensioner, remove the left sprocket and that would give enough slop in the chain for the right but this pin thing has me kind of puzzled. Thanks!

 

Well I am sorry to say the engine has to come out. Im kind of slow and trying to do this in the car isn't gonna work out for me.

I have the crank pulley off and have located and removed 8 bolts that separates the engine from the ecvt. Its kind of hard to see around the engine. I have looked around for pictures to get a count of how many bolts there are holding them together without luck.

can anyone point me to a picture or provide a count of bolts holding the two together and if there is anything else secret to getting the engine off the transmission so I can get it popped apart?

I will provide pictures when I have something interesting.

 

I have it thanks, just finding information like how many bolts are used to connect the engine to the transmission in 7500 pages of crap is challenging. Plus I say vibration dampner they say crank pulley so its all one great adventure.

if you would answer these two questions it would be appreciated!

provide a count of bolts holding the two together and if there is anything else secret to getting the engine off the transmission so I can get it popped apart?


I mean in a regular car you have the torque converter to get the bolts out of, does the spline just pull out of this engine or are there any bolts inside I need to worry about.

 

[QUOTE=" Spline pulls straight out like a manual..[/QUOTE]
That's what I wanted to hear thanks! These little toy engines and my pry bar can break something quick so I rather ask to keep me safe

 

Thanks for the picture chapman. site appears to be acting up this morning.

 

A true shade tree mechanic!

 

Looks like cylinder 1 and two were leaking. But no bent rod yea!!!

 

The head appears to be clogged with crystals from the coolant. I would guess that would come into the cause. It has 200k on it. It looks pretty good otherwise. I was going to work the head myself but if the machine shop can get it cleaned out and right before thanksgiving it would give me some time to finish the battery on my gen 2.


Its repair has suddenly become a priority since my son modified his civic last week



No injuries, his fault, hope he learned something from it. Shame about the car cause it was mint, and I had reworked the head with studs, would have lasted another 100k but now he will get a prius and get better gas mileage.