29 replacing the timing belt

29 REPLACING THE TIMING BELT

Punto 1108 - 1242 SPI - 1242 MPI

Position the vehicle on a lift, then:

• disconnect the negative battery lead;
• remove the right front wheel;
• remove the right wheel arch liner.

1. Loosen the bolts fixing the alternator to release the tension for the drive belt. Remove the belt from the alternator, remove the damper flywheel acting on the fixing bolts and extract the belt.
2. Remove the timing drive belt cover undoing the upper fixing bolts and the lower bolt. Disconnect the rpm and T.D.C. sensor from the cover, releasing the cable and remove the actual cover.
3. Rotate the crankshaft so that the reference mark on the timing driven gear is aligned with the reference on the cylinder head.
   In this position, check the alignment of the reference on the crankshaft drive gear with the reference on the crankshaft front cover. Cylinder n° 1 will be at T.D.C. under these circumstances.