Setting the injection timing of the fuel pump (Escort 4)

Adapter with indicator for setting injection timing

Adapter mount with indicator for setting injection timing

Cold start temperature switch and its connector

Mandrel for setting the crankshaft to the TDC position

Engine 1.6 dm³

1. Unscrew the screw plug from the back of the pump.

2. Screw a dial indicator (see Fig. Adapter with indicator for setting injection timing) onto a special mandrel in place of the plug.

3. Slowly turn the crankshaft in the direction opposite to the working direction until the indicator needle stops and set the indicator to zero.

4. Unscrew the threaded plug from the engine cylinder block and screw in mandrel 1 in its place to set the crankshaft to the TDC position of cylinder 1.

5. Slowly turn the engine clockwise until it stops against the mandrel.

6. Turn the high pressure fuel pump housing until the dial indicator shows 0.92 mm.

7. Tighten the pump mounting bolts in this position.

Engine 1.8 dm³

1. Check whether the mandrel for installing piston No.1 of cylinder at TDC is in the inspection hole on the side of the engine cylinder block.

2. Using the appropriate tool, install the hole in the fuel pump drive pulley opposite the hole in its housing.

3. Using Torx bolts, attach the front of the fuel pump housing to the engine block.



4. After removing the installation tool, install the pulley onto the fuel pump drive flange and lightly tighten the pulley mounting bolts.

5. Position the fuel pump installation tool in the pulley and ensure it fits into the hole in the fuel pump drive flange.

6. Install the pulley mounting bolts in the middle position of the holes in the pump drive pulley.

7. Place the timing belt on the fuel pump pulley.

8. Loosen the tensioner roller mounting bolt.

9. After the tensioner has moved automatically (under the action of the spring), tighten the tensioner roller mounting bolt.

10. Tighten the fuel pump pulley mounting bolts to the specified torque.

11. Remove the installation mandrel and fixture from the pump pulley and engine cylinder block.

12. Rotate the engine crankshaft two full revolutions and set the fuel pump installation tool hole to the 12 o'clock position and the camshaft installation tool hole to the 8 o'clock position.



13. Turn the engine crankshaft counterclockwise and set the hole of the fuel pump installation tool to the 11 o'clock position.

14. Install a mandrel in the inspection hole of the engine cylinder block to install piston 1 of cylinder at TDC and screw it in until it stops.



15. Carefully rotate the engine crankshaft until it rests against the installation mandrel screwed into the hole in the cylinder block.



16. Insert the fuel pump installation tools (1 – fuel pump pulley mounting bolts, 2 – tensioner roller mounting bolt).

17. If it is not possible to insert the fuel pump installation tool into the fuel pump drive flange, loosen the drive pulley mounting bolts and turn the pulley relative to the flange so that the installation tool can be screwed in as far as it will go. Tighten the fuel pump drive pulley mounting bolts and check the pump shaft installation again.

18. Remove all installation tools and the mandrel and insert the plug into the inspection hole of the engine cylinder block.

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