Timing Belt Removal and Engine Timing
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED BY TSB 02-047TIMING BELT REMOVAL
NOTE:
Left and right engine callouts are from the driver's seat.
1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Remove air cleaner assembly.
3. Remove radiator upper fan shroud from radiator.
4. Move drive belt tensioner, to loose side, using wrench then remove drive belt.
5. Remove cooling fan assembly four nuts, then the cooling fan assembly.
6. Remove cooling fan drive pulley assembly.
7. Remove idle pulley assembly.
8. Remove serpentine belt tensioner assembly.
9. Remove power steering pump assembly.
10. Remove crankshaft pulley assembly using J-8614-01 crankshaft holder, hold crankshaft pulley remove center bolt, then the pulley.
11. Remove the timing belt covers in this order: right, left, then lower.
12. Loosen (don't remove) the tensioner pulley bolt.
13. Remove the idler pulley bolt, and let the idler pulley pivot towards the crankshaft timing pulley.
14. Remove the lower tensioner bolt and the tensioner pusher.
15. Carefully remove the timing belt from the pulleys.
ENGINE TIMING
1. Turn the crankshaft timing pulley until its notch aligns with the mark on the oil pump housing. NOTE: The crankshaft timing pulley may have a green mark 150 degrees from its keyway. Do not use this mark to set the crankshaft position.
2. Turn the right cylinder bank's camshaft pulley clockwise with a socket and ratchet. (The pulley clicks and stops several times.) Stop the pulley when its green mark aligns with the valve cover timing mark.
NOTE:
You may need to rotate the camshaft pulley up to four complete turns before its green mark aligns directly with the valve cover timing mark.
3. Turn the left cylinder bank's camshaft pulley clockwise with a socket and ratchet. (The pulley clicks and stops several times.) Stop the pulley when its green mark aligns with the timing belt cover bolt hole.
NOTE:
You may need to rotate the camshaft pulley up to four complete turns before its green mark aligns directly with the bolt hole.
4. Rotate the left cylinder bank's camshaft pulley clockwise another 1/4 turn to align its green mark with the valve cover timing mark.