Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing toothed belt Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Rig pin -3359- or -MP 1-301- (2x) t  Locking pin -T10060A- t  Crankshaft arrester -T10100- t  Counterholder -T10172 - with bolts -T10172/4- t  Offset screwdriver -T10264- t  Rig tool -T10265- t  Pliers for spring strap clamps –  Remove engine cover → Chapter.

–  Detach coolant hose -1- from coolant expansion reservoir.

–  Release screw -1- by one turn. –  Release screw -2- and nut -3-. –  Place fuel filter with connected hoses to the side. –  Remove V-ribbed belt → Chapter.

–  Lock tensioning device for ribbed V-belt with locking pin or hexagon socket wrench. –  Remove noise insulation → Body Work → Rep. Gr.50. –  Remove the right wheelhouse liner bottom part → Body Work → Rep. Gr.66.

–  Remove ribbed V-belt tensioning device -arrows-.

–  Remove top toothed belt guard; to do so release retaining clips -arrows-.   Caution Spin the engine at the crankshaft only in direction of rotation of engine (in clockwise direction). –  Rotate the crankshaft in direction of rotation of engine on TDC for cylinder 1.

l  Both tooth segments -arrows- of the toothed belt sprockets must be facing up. –  Lock hubs with the locking pins -3359-.

–  Remove the belt pulley of the crankshaft. To do so, counterhold with a ring spanner at the central bolt. –  Remove middle and bottom toothed belt guard.

–  Lock the toothed belt sprocket of the crankshaft with the crankshaft arrester -T10100- (bottom illustration “B”).   Note t  The markings on the toothed belt sprocket and on the crankshaft arrester must be in line with each other -arrow-.

t  The stud of the crankshaft arrester -arrow- must engage at the same time in the hole of the sealing flange. t  The crankshaft arrester can only be fitted onto the toothed belt sprocket from the front side of the serration. –  Mark the direction of rotation of the toothed belt with chalk or a felt-tip pen.

–  Loosen screws of toothed belt sprockets -arrows- by approx. one turn.

–  Loosen the fixing nut -1- of the tensioning pulley. –  Turn the eccentric of the tensioning pulley with offset screwdriver -T10264- in anti-clockwise direction -arrow- until the tensioning pulley can be interlocked with the rig tool -T10265-.

–  Now turn the eccentric of the tensioning pulley clockwise -arrow- as far as the stop and tighten the fixing nut -1- by hand. –  First of all take toothed belt off toothed belt sprocket of coolant pump and then from the other toothed belt sprockets.