Punto 1698 TD

Remove the air conditioning compressor drive belt tensioning device, complete with moving pulley. Undo the lower bolts fixing the protective cover for the timing drive belt and the two upper bolts, then remove the actual cover.

Insert a spanner in the nut fixing the flywheel damper, rotate the crankshaft and check the condition of the timing drive belt along the entire perimeter.

When refitting, suitably reverse the order of the operations described for the removal and re-tension the air conditioning compressor drive belt to the recommended value.

Punto 1698 TD

Position the vehicle on a lift, disconnect the negative battery lead, remove the right front wheel and the wheel arch liner. Remove the plastic protection for the flywheel damper shown in the diagram.