Table of contents: Right engine mount 🠇 Timing Belt Tensioner Mechanism 🠇
The timing belt tensioning mechanism, consisting of a spring and a plunger, is located in the right suspension of the unit, which is bolted to the end of the engine.
Right engine mount
Removal
1. Before removing the suspension, the engine must be supported with a suitable lifting device or jack through a wooden block.
2. Release the mount and move all hoses away from the upper suspension mount.
3. Unscrew the three nuts securing the suspension to the engine and one nut securing the suspension to the body. Remove the suspension.
Installation
Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
Timing Belt Tensioner Mechanism
Location of the timing belt on the engine
1. Suspension mounting bolts
2. Plunger of the toothed belt tensioning mechanism
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Removal
1. Remove the suspension and auxiliary drive belt.
2. Support the engine with a jack using a wooden block.
3. Unscrew the two mounting bolts and remove the suspension element from the engine.
4. Align the mounting holes in the camshaft pulley, fuel pump pulley and flywheel and secure them with bolts and rods.
5. Loosen the timing belt tensioner pivot point nut and adjusting bolt, then turn the tensioner hanger counterclockwise until the adjusting bolt is in the middle of the groove, and tighten it.
6. Mark the direction of movement of the timing belt and remove it from the pulleys.
7. Make a tool to compress the plunger of the tensioner mechanism in the rig hanger. A special tool is designed to be installed in the two lower holes for the hanger bolts.
8. Unscrew the two lower suspension mounting bolts and install the special tool. Lubricate the inside of the tool to prevent any damage to the plunger end. Unscrew the pivot nut and adjusting bolt and remove the tensioner assembly.
9. Remove the two remaining suspension mounting bolts and remove the suspension.
10. Press the tensioner plunger into the suspension, remove the special tool and pull out the plunger and spring.
Installation
Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal.