SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removal

–  Remove the upper camshaft housing cover -arrows-. –  Remove the upper air filter element: → Chapter. Remove the upper toothed belt shield.

–  Position the crankshaft at top dead centre cylinder 1. The mark on the pulley should coincide with the mark -O-.

–  The lock holes in the camshaft pinions should coincide with the holes in the camshaft housing -arrows-.   Note! If the marks are on the opposite side from the pinions, turn the crankshaft over once. Immobilise the camshaft pinions with the camshaft lock -T10016-, as follows:

–  Introduce lock pins -T10016- in the lock holes of the camshaft pinions and in the holes in the camshaft housing.   Note! Both lock pins are correctly fitted if the ends -D- are aligned with the line -A-. –  Introduce the support -T10016--B- all the way into the intake camshaft pinion -C-. –  Remove the right soundproofing sump. –  Mark the direction of rotation of the Poly-V belt and remove it as follows:

–  Apply a spanner to the bolt that holds the tensioning roller and move the roller in the -direction of the arrow-. –  Remove the Poly-V belt.

–  Loosen the bolt that holds the pulley and the toothed belt pinion; to do so, fix the pulley with the countersupport -T20018-. –  Remove the pulley. Screw the bolt back in with two washers to retain the toothed belt pinion. –  Remove the lower toothed belt shield. –  Mark the direction of rotation of both belts before removing them. Remove the main toothed belt:

–  Loosen the mounting bolt of the main belt tensioning roller -1- and loosen the toothed belt by turning the tensioning roller counter-clockwise -arrow-. –  Remove the toothed belt. Remove the toothed return belt:

–  Loosen the mounting bolt of the toothed return belt tensioning roller -1- and loosen the toothed belt by turning the tensioning roller clockwise -arrow-. –  Remove the toothed return belt tensioning roller. –  Remove the toothed belt.