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M96 3 chain teardown

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YOUR RESEARCHM96 3 chain teardown

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You're supposed to loosen that bolt first before removing the cover using a special tool that braces against the cam cover.

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You're supposed to loosen that bolt first before removing the cover using a special tool that braces against the cam cover.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I�m currently disassembling a 2003 3.6 motor. So far I have removed the ancillary items and removed the cam cover on bank 2. Wayne Dempsey has a good step by step article on dismantling a 5 chain engine (and I have some experience with these) but the first thing that I noticed here is that the 3 chain engines are a bit different. Does anybody have a link to a good teardown source for the more recent motor?

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Disassembly is similar to 3.4. The only major difference is the big variocam+ bolt on the intake cam. You're supposed to loosen that bolt first before removing the cover using a special tool that braces against the cam cover.

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I bought the Bentley's. Exactly the info that I needed. I already had the Bentley manual for the Boxster but this one for the 996 has very specific 3 chain info for the 3.6 engine that I will eventually be stuffing into my Boxster!

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The Alldata service is very good too. Another rennlister turned me onto it when I was looking for difficult to source details on a transmission rebuild. The seem to be factory service manuals, and have incredible detail that isn�t in other sources.

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I�ll google that. Do you have a link?

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