Tensioning timing belt

3. Ensure dots on crankshaft gear are aligned with flange on oil pump and that tool 18G 1742 is locking flywheel.

4. Fit timing belt tensioner ensuring that index wire is positioned over pillar bolt and that tensioner lever is at 9 o’clock position.
5. Fit a new tensioner Patchlok bolt and tighten bolt until it is just possible to move tensioner lever.
6. Using the fingers only, fit the timing belt over crankshaft timing gear, then over camshaft gears, coolant pump drive gear and tensioner pulley ensuring that the belt run is kept taut between the crankshaft timing gear and exhaust camshaft gear.

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

7. Check that timing belt is positioned centrally around all gears and tensioner pulley.
8. Fit timing belt lower cover. See this section.

NOTE: Do not fit timing belt upper cover at this stage.

9. Fit RH engine mounting to body and engine.
10. Fit through bolt securing RH engine mounting to body but do not tighten.
11. Fit 2 new nuts securing RH engine mounting to engine and tighten to 100 Nm.
12. Tighten RH engine mounting to body through bolt to 75 Nm.
13. Lower jack supporting power unit, remove jack from beneath vehicle.
14. Remove camshaft gear locking tool 18G 1570.

Tensioning timing belt

15. Using a 6 mm Allen key, rotate tensioner anti-clockwise and align the tensioner pointer to the index wire.

NOTE: If original belt is being refitted, align index wire to lower land of pointer.

CAUTION: Ensure that pointer approaches the index wire from above. Should pointer go past index wire, release tension completely and repeat tensioning procedure.

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