DIY niva chevrolet head repair

In detail: do-it-yourself repair of a Chevrolet Niva head from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

Even with a gentle mode of operation, the cylinder head of the engine sooner or later requires repair. For domestic SUVs, this issue is especially relevant.
1. "Niva" is not bought for trips to the Bolshoi Theater on city roads.
2. Domestic off-road is not a testing ground with calibrated obstacles, the loads on the car and engine are serious.
3. The quality of fuel and lubricants, unfortunately, does not contribute to extending the life of the cylinder head.

You can watch the video signs of malfunction:


IMPORTANT! There is no need to dismantle the power plant for such maintenance. There is enough space under the hood to carry out work directly on the vehicle. The device of the 21213 engine is quite simple. Overhaul or replacement of the cylinder head gasket is carried out in a garage, by one owner who has basic experience in servicing his car.
  • A ratchet with a set of heads (we need sizes from 10 to 17 mm) and an extension.
  • Open-end wrenches and spanners with similar dimensions.
  • Torque wrenchoperating in the range from 10 to 110 n / m.
  • Candle wrench.
  • A flat screwdriver with a wide blade, a scraper (you can use a narrow construction trowel), with their help, the stuck cylinder head gasket is separated.
  • Retaining ring removers.
  • Dryer, wooden block to support the valve cracks.
  • Crown-shaped corset, drill.
  • Hammer with rubber or polyethylene head (to seat valves).
  • Syringe with a thick needle (for suction of technical liquids from hard-to-reach cavities)
  • Fire extinguisher, rags, containers of different sizes.
  • Copper wire magnet to remove dropped fasteners.

Before servicing, make sure that the bonnet lid stops are secure, put the car on the handbrake and block the wheels with shoes.

  • Disconnect the battery and release the pressure in the fuel rail.
  • Unscrew the cap of the radiator expansion tank and drain the antifreeze.
  • Carefully unscrew the throttle body mounting bolts, having previously disconnected the throttle cable. The unit is dismantled as an assembly if it does not need maintenance. If the gasket is intact, it is not necessary to change it.
Video (click to play).
  • We dismantle the pipes connecting the cylinder head cooling jacket and the radiator. We first loosen the clamps.
  • We open the connectors of the injector control loops. Due to the temperature, the clamps can break off - therefore, no great force should be applied.
  • Disconnect the connectors from the temperature sensors on the cylinder head.
  • We pull off the caps of the high-voltage wiring from the candles, along the way we check the condition of the insulation.
  • Disconnect the fuel supply and return lines. Prepare to catch fuel residues before starting work.
  • We separate the front pipe of the exhaust manifold. If necessary, replace the gasket with a new one.
  • We dismantle the thermal shields.
  • We loosen the timing chain tensioners, fix the chain itself on the gear with a wire.
  • We unscrew the mounting bolts, dismantle the camshaft.
  • We remove the levers pushing the valves.
  • We unscrew the cylinder head mounting bolts. Their arrangement on engines 21213 and 21214 is similar.
  • Carefully remove the cylinder block starting from the front. The gasket remains on the lower block.

16. We put the block on a flat surface, dismantle the cooling system flanges. If the gasket is destroyed, we change it.

Maintenance includes replacing the cylinder head gasket, cleaning the oil channels, lapping the valves. At the same time, the camshaft is inspected for bully and other wear and tear.
The choice of a spare parts manufacturer is a personal matter for the owner. However, such an important part as the gasket - depending on the manufacturer, has a different quality of performance.

When comparing the three options, the branded spare part turned out to be the most substandard, there are no complaints about the Spanish model (it is the most expensive), and golden mean - Yegoryevsky consumable.

The unit is installed in several stages, observing the sequence:

  • All bolts except 11, observing the order, are tightened to a torque of 20 N / m.
  • Then, repeating the sequence, tighten the same bolts with a torque of 69-85 N / m.
  • We tighten bolt 11 in one pass, with a torque of 32-39 N / m
  • We change the torque wrench to a regular handle and turn all the bolts 90 °.

If you have a tool, the work is done independently.
• We produce bore inlet and outlet flanges up to a diameter of 34 mm.
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• Then, using sealant or plasticine, we align the flanges with the inlet holes, and mark the boring on the cylinder head.
• With the same cutter we grind the holes of the inlet and outlet channels.

• After that, it remains to select and modify for a new valve diameter.

Having carried out such work, you increase power SUV "Niva", and torque at low revs. This will help to drive confidently "vnatyag".