Upper timing chain tensioner
Upper timing chain tensioner |
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Place the car on a lift, put covers over the wings and detach the negative cable from the battery.
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Remove the rear centre nut securing the front exhaust pipe to the turbocharger.
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Remove the air cleaner with mass air flow sensor and hoses from the turbocharger and camshaft cover.
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Raise the car, remove the lower engine cover, the cover in the right-hand wheel housing and the front right wheel.
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Remove the remaining nuts between the turbocharger and the front exhaust pipe.
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Relieve the tension on the belt tensioner by turning it anticlockwise (towards the rear of the car) with a 19 mm spanner and lift off the belt.
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Remove the belt tensioner.
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Lower the car, place a jack with wooden block under the oil sump and carefully raise the engine to take the strain off the right-hand engine mounting.
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Dismantle the right-hand engine mounting from the engine and the body.
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Remove the engine mounting (the bottom bolt does not need to be removed completely) and raise the engine further.
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Dismantle the upper timing chain tensioner.
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To fit |
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Fit the right-hand engine mounting bracket on the engine and tighten the engine mounting on the engine.
Tightening torque: 47 Nm (35 lbf ft). Carefully lower the engine and remove the jack. |
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Make sure the engine is suspended evenly and tighten the right-hand engine mounting.
Tightening torque: 47 Nm (35 lbf ft). |
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Apply Molycote 1000 on the turbocharger studs.
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Raise the car, position the front part of the exhaust pipe with a new gasket and mount new nuts.
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Tighten the front exhaust pipe to the turbocharger.
Tightening torque: 25 Nm (18.5 lbf ft). |
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Fit the belt tensioner, tightening the top bolt first.
Tightening torque: 42 Nm (31 lbf ft). Tighten the bottom bolt. Tightening torque: 23 Nm (17 lbf ft). |
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Fit the multigroove V-belt on all the pulleys. Relieve the tension on the belt tensioner by turning it anticlockwise (towards the rear of the car) with a 19 mm spanner and fit the belt on its pulley. Make sure the belt is positioned correctly on all the pulleys.
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Refit the lower engine cover, the cover in the right-hand wheel housing and the wheel.
Tightening torque: 110 Nm (81 lbf ft). Lower the car to the floor. |
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Refit the air cleaner with mass air flow sensor and hoses.
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Tighten the remaining nuts between the turbocharger and the front exhaust pipe.
Tightening torque: 25 Nm (18.5 lbf ft). |
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Connect the negative cable to the battery.
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13. |
Adjust the clock in the car and press 5 times on the remote control lock/unlock button.
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