Rover 214 & 414 Service and Repair Manual - Rover club

18 Exhaust manifold -
removal and refitting 3
Removal
1 Disconnect the battery negative lead. Firmly
apply the handbrake then jack up the front of
the vehicle and support it on axle stands.
2 Remove the air cleaner metal intake duct.
Undo the two bolts securing the duct
mounting bracket to the cylinder head cover
and remove the bracket.
3 Undo the two bolts securing the upper
radiator mountings to the bonnet platform,
then remove the mountings and tilt the
radiator forward to gain the clearance
necessary to remove the manifold.
4 Unscrew the nuts securing the exhaust
front pipe to the manifold, then disconnect the
pipe and collect the gasket.
5 Undo the five nuts securing the exhaust
manifold to the cylinder head, then carefully
manoeuvre the manifold out of the engine
compartment. Remove the manifold gasket
and discard it.
6 Examine all the exhaust manifold studs for
signs of damage and corrosion. Remove all
traces of corrosion and repair or renew any
damaged studs.
Fuel and exhaust systems - single-point fuel injection engines 4B•11
18.7 Exhaust manifold tightening sequence - K16 engine
Refitting
7 Refitting is the reverse of the removal
procedure,
illustration):
noting the following (see
a) Ensure that the manifold and cylinder
head sealing faces are clean and flat, then
fit a new manifold gasket.
b) Working in the sequence shown, tighten
the manifold retaining nuts evenly to the
specified torque wrench setting.
c) Tighten all other disturbed nuts and bolts
to their specified torque wrench settings
(where given).
1689 Rover 214 & 414 Updated Version 09/97
19 Exhaust system - inspection,
removal and refitting
1 Refer to Section 18 in Part A of this
Chapter. Note that on models fitted with a
closed-loop catalytic converter, the lambda
sensor must be removed or its wiring
disconnected whenever the exhaust
system front pipe is disconnected from the
manifold.
4B