Refit - Engines fitted with automatic timing belt tensioner
- Make
- Land Rover
- Model
- Freelander Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1998–2000
- Section
- Repairs › Refit - Engines fitted with automatic timing belt tensioner
- Remove camshaft timing belt lower cover. See this section.
- Remove and discard timing belt tensioner bolt.
- Disengage index wire from its fitted position whilst at the same time removing the timing belt tensioner.
- If camshaft timing belt is to be re-used, mark direction of belt rotation using chalk, remove camshaft timing belt.
CAUTION: Ease timing belt off timing gears using fingers only. Metal levers may damage the belt and gears. Do not rotate the crankshaft with the timing belt removed and the cylinder head fitted.
Refit - Engines fitted with automatic timing belt tensioner
- Clean crankshaft pulley, timing belt gears, coolant pump drive gear and tensioner pulley.
CAUTION: If the sintered gears have been subjected to prolonged oil contamination, they must be soaked in a solvent bath and then thoroughly washed in clean solvent before refitting. Because of the porous construction of sintered material, oil impregnated in the gears will emerge and contaminate the belt.
- Check correct alignment of camshaft timing marks for 90° BTDC and that tool LRT-12-134 is locking camshaft gears.
- Ensure dots on crankshaft gear are aligned with flange on oil pump and that tool LRT-12-145 is locking flywheel.
Parts & tools for this job For 1998 Land Rover Freelander
- PARTTiming belt kitSearch: Land Rover Freelander 1998 timing belt kit
- TOOLEngine timing tool setSearch: Land Rover engine timing tool set
- TOOLTorque wrenchSearch: 3/8 inch torque wrench
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