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Timing Component Alignment Marks: Locations





Timing Component Alignment Marks


Timing Drive Components










Note: For detailed instructions see Timing Drive Components Installation


RH Variable Camshaft Timing (VCT) assembly, the RH exhaust camshaft sprocket and the RH secondary timing chain.
- Align the colored links with the timing marks.






LH VCT (Variable Camshaft Timing) assemblies and the LH secondary timing chain.
- Align the colored links with the timing marks.






Post-check, verify correct alignment of all timing marks.
- There are 48 links in between the RH intake VCT (Variable Camshaft Timing) assembly colored link (1) and the LH intake VCT (Variable Camshaft Timing) assembly colored link (2).

- There are 35 links in between LH intake VCT (Variable Camshaft Timing) assembly colored link (2) and the 2 crankshaft sprocket links (3).