Copen K3-VE Cyl Head removal — DAIHATSU
Copen K3-VE Cyl Head removal on Daihatsu: 54 steps, engines K3-VE. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for DAIHATSU — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 1.3, 16V
- Opens: coolant
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Before disconnecting the battery cable, check the audio system security code
- Cylinder head torque settings - Refer to 'Adjustment data/Torque settings'
- Remove the timing chain
- Remove the dipstick tube
- Remove the fuel line(s)
- Remove the injectors
- Inlet manifold
- Remove the inlet manifold
- Remove the exhaust manifold heat shield
- Remove the spark plugs
- Camshaft gearwheel bolt:
- Remove the camshaft gearwheel
- Hold the inlet camshaft with a wrench
- Removal sequence:
- Remove the camshafts
- Remove the cylinder head bolts
- Remove the cylinder head
Installation and checks
- Lubricate lightly using engine oil
- Installation sequence:
- Refit the camshaft bearing caps
- Check that the lug locates on the pin
- Refit the spark plugs
- Exhaust manifold
- Refit the exhaust manifold
- Refit the dipstick tube
- Reconnect all the cables, hoses and lines to the engine and gearbox
- Fit the timing chain
- Refill the cooling system
- Reconnect the battery
Other DAIHATSU procedures
- Daihatsu Copen K3-VE timing chain replacement
- Daihatsu Copen JB-DET timing chain replacement
- Daihatsu Trevis 1.0 DVVT 06 > EJ-VE timing belt replacement
- Daihatsu Copen Cyl Head JB-DET radiator removal
- Daihatsu EJ-DE timing belt replacement
- Daihatsu EJ-VE water pump replacement
- Daihatsu Applause Mee bezig HD-E timing belt replacement
- Daihatsu Hijet HC-ES timing belt replacement
- Daihatsu Cuore 1.0 DOHC 98 > 03 EJ-DE timing belt replacement
- Daihatsu Feroza 1.6 DX, EL HD-C/HD-E timing belt replacement
Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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