section.
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- 400 Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1995–2000
- Section
- Repairs › section.
Engine - L Seriessection. · page 1 of 3
Refit
- Clean timing belt gears and pulleys.
CAUTION: If the gears have been subjected to prolonged oil contamination, they must be soaked in a solvent bath and thoroughly cleaned and dried before re-use. The cause of oil contamination must be rectified.
- Using fingers only, fit timing belt to gears. Ensure the belt run between the crankshaft gear and camshaft gear is kept taut during the fitting procedure.
CAUTION: If original belt is to be refitted ensure direction of rotation mark is facing the correct way.
- Clean mounting plate plate faces.
- Fit engine mounting plate and secure with 4 nuts and 2 bolts. Tighten nuts to 35 Nm. Tighten bolts to 45 Nm.
- Loosen tensioner pulley Allen bolt until tensioner moves easily without tipping.
- Release camshaft timing belt tensioner plunger using 18G 1719.
- Remove tool 18G 1719 from camshaft timing belt tensioner and tighten Allen bolt to 55 Nm.
CAUTION: Do not exceed the specified torque figure.
- Fit timing belt tensioner access plug to belt cover.
- Remove Allen bolt access plug from lower cover
- Fit camshaft timing belt lower cover. See this Do not fit camshaft timing belt upper
section.
cover at this stage.
- Remove timing pin 18G 1523 and using a socket and extension bar on crankshaft pulley bolt, rotate crankshaft two revolutions clockwise until flywheel timing pin 18G 1523 can be re-fitted.
- Check camshaft gear timing mark is correctly aligned with timing mark on back cover.
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- PARTEngine gasket setSearch: Rover 400 1995 engine gasket set
- TOOLTorque wrenchSearch: 3/8 inch torque wrench
- TOOLFeeler gauge setSearch: feeler gauge set
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