Contents: Tensioner ↳ Removal ↳ Installation ↳ Toothed pulleys of crankshaft and… ↳ Removal ↳ Installation ↳ Timing Belt Guide Pulleys ↳ Removal ↳ Installation ↳
Tensioner
Note: On models produced before 05/1998, please note that if the belt needs to be removed for the first time after the vehicle leaves the factory, a tensioner spring and locking pin must be purchased to install during assembly.
Removal
1. To access the tensioner, simply remove the top and middle covers (paragraph 9). In this case, the procedure described below must be performed in order to correctly restore the valve timing after changing the belt tension.
2. Loosen the belt tension (paragraph 10, p. 1-14).
3. Loosen the tensioner bolt and pull out the tensioner, releasing the spring (if any) (see Fig. 11.3). Check the tensioner and spring (paragraph 10, item 16).
Installation
4. When installing (if it is the first time), screw the tensioner spring lock pin into the cylinder head and tighten it to the specified torque. Hook the spring onto the pin and the tensioner rear cover. Then install the tensioner by connecting its rear cover to the protrusion. Insert the Allen key into the center of the tensioner and turn it clockwise as far as possible to the side to eliminate the spring force. Then tighten the bolt to fix the tensioner.
5. On models produced from 05/1998, hook the tensioner onto the metal cover and insert the bolt.
6. Perform installation, checking the position of the camshafts and the belt tension (paragraph 10).
Toothed pulleys of crankshaft and camshafts
Removal
7. Any of these pulleys can be removed immediately after removing the corresponding covers. However, immediately after changing the belt tension, it is necessary to carry out the entire procedure (described in paragraph 10) removal/installation of the belt to restore the valve timing.
8. Once the belt is removed, the camshaft timing pulleys can be disconnected by unscrewing their bolts (see paragraph 10). The toothed pulley of the crankshaft can be removed from the end of the shaft after removing the toothed belt and the pulley of the auxiliary drive. Note that the end of the pulley closest to the end of the shaft is marked "FRONT", and there is a thrust washer behind the pulley. Remember which side this washer is installed (see Fig. 11.8). Pay attention to the woodruff key. If it is loose, it must be removed and stored together with the pulley.
9. Check the pulleys as described in item 16 paragraph 10.
Installation
10. Installation - in the reverse order of removal.
Timing Belt Guide Pulleys
Removal
11. Remove the timing belt covers (paragraph 9).
12. Unscrew the bolts and remove the pulleys. Check their condition (paragraph 10).
Installation
13. Installation - in the reverse order of removal. Tighten the pulley bolts to the required torque (see Fig. 11.13).
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