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Timing Chain: Service and Repair

TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONERS





Removal
1. Remove the engine front cover.





2. Remove the timing chain tensioner.
1. Compress the timing chain tensioner, and insert a paper clip into the hole to retain the tensioner.
2. Remove the bolts and timing chain tensioner.





3. Remove the RH timing chain guide.





4. Remove the timing chain.





5. Remove the bolts and the LH timing chain guide.

Installation





1. Install the LH timing chain guide and the bolts.





2. Install the timing chain.





3. Install the RH timing chain guide.





4. Install the timing chain tensioner and the bolts. Remove the paper clip to release the piston.
5. Install the engine front cover.