Timing belt - camshaft - conventional valve control (page 4 of 5)

4. Position timing belt tensioner ensuring that the index wire is located over pillar bolt and that tensioner lever is at 9 o’clock position.
5. Fit new tensioner Patchlok bolt, tighten bolt until it is just possible to move tensioner lever.
6. Using fingers only, fit timing belt. Ensure belt run between the crankshaft gear and the exhaust camshaft gear is kept taut during the fitting procedure.

CAUTION: If the original timing belt is being refitted, ensure the direction of rotation mark is facing the correct way.

7. Check that timing belt is positioned centrally around all gears and tensioner pulley.
8. Fit rubber seal to timing belt lower cover, position cover to cylinder block, fit and tighten bolts to 9 Nm.
9. Fit crankshaft pulley. See this section.
10. Remove camshaft gear alignment tool.

11. Use a 6mm Allen key to rotate tensioning lever in an anti-clockwise direction and align pointer to index wire as shown.

12. If original belt is to be refitted then the pointer must be aligned so that the index wire is adjacent to lower land of pointer.

CAUTION: It is imperative that the pointer approaches the index wire from above. If the pointer passes the index wire, the tension must be fully released and the tensioning procedure must be repeated.

13. Ensuring that the pointer maintains correct position, tighten tensioner bolt to 25 Nm.