Timing Chain: Service and Repair

Timing Chain

Removal

CAUTION: During engine repair procedures, cleanliness is extremely important. Any foreign material, including any material created while cleaning gasket surfaces that enters the oil passages, coolant passages or the oil pan, can cause engine failure.

1. Remove the engine front cover.





2. Rotate the crankshaft and align the timing marks.





3. Remove the camshaft sprocket bolt.





4. Remove the timing chain, the camshaft sprocket and the crankshaft sprocket as an assembly.

Installation





1. Align the timing marks.





2. Install the timing chain, the camshaft sprocket and the crankshaft sprocket as an assembly.





3. Install the camshaft sprocket bolt.
^ Tighten to 63 Nm (46 ft. lbs.).
4. Install the engine front cover.