Engine Maintenance Timing Belt

Earlier in a post i said i was going to change the timing belt. I change it and I'm going to share with you the steps on changing the timing belt on the 3.1t Diesel engine.

Step 1

Remove the crankshaft pulley and the timing belt shield

Step 2

Turn the crankshaft so the key lines up with the TDC timing mark

Step 3

Aline the camshaft pulley and the Injection pulley but putting a bolt through the alinement hole on both of the pulleys to mark sure that they stay at their TDC position.

Step 4

Mark the timing belt on the injection pump and camshaft pulley.

Step 5

You are now ready to remove the old timing belt loosen the tension pulley and remove the old timing belt

Step 6

Transfer the marking to the new timing belt. MAKE SURE YOU LINE UP THE MARKS PERFECTLY!!

Step 7

Place the new timing belt into position and line up the marking.

Step 8

using a scale put a 9kg load on the timing belts using the tensioning arm to transfer the load

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torque the tension pulley to 76Nm. Remove the alinement bolts from the injection and cam

pulley. Rotate the engine 45 dgrees anti clockwise and ensure all the slack is on the tensioner

side.

Step 9

Return the engine to TDC the ensure that the bolts go into the alinement holes