- 1. Support the car from the front and from the side. Engage fifth gear, apply the parking brake. Turn the raised front wheel. This will turn the engine crankshaft. An assistant is needed to turn the wheel.
- 2. Place the car on a level surface. Engage fifth gear. Roll the car forward or backward.
- 3. Set the gearbox to neutral. Turn the crankshaft by the central bolt of the vibration damper (v-belt pulley), putting a cap on it (clockwise).
Caution: Do not turn the engine by the camshaft sprocket mounting bolt. This will overload the timing belt.
Turn the engine until it becomes possible to insert the adjusting device or a suitable ruler into the grooves of the camshafts - they are then fixed in the top dead center (TDC) position.
Note: If the tool does not fit, turn the crankshaft one more revolution.
Attach a chain to the engine's right lug. You can support the engine with a hydraulic jack, placing a block of wood between its head and the oil pan.
Raise the engine until the right engine mount is free of load.
Unscrew the bolts and remove the right engine support.
Loosen the bolts and remove the pulley (2) for the water pump.
Unscrew the bolt and remove the intermediate roller (1).
Loosen the bolts and remove the upper timing belt cover (3).
Loosen the bolts and remove the right engine support bracket (7).
If the toothed belt needs to be removed completely, then unscrew the central bolt while holding the vibration damper with a special device.
Remove the vibration damper from the crankshaft using a puller. The puller is attached to the vibration damper with two bolts.
Loosen the bolts of the lower toothed belt cover (4) and remove it together with the washer (5). Loosen the bolt and remove the anti-skewing device.
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Loosen the timing belt. To do this, squeeze the tensioner pistons with a clamp until the hole in the housing matches the hole in the piston. In this position, insert a 1.5 mm drill into the holes, securing the tensioner.
Caution! Cover the drill bit spirals with adhesive tape to avoid damage.
Remove the timing belt.
Loosen the bolts of both camshaft sprockets while holding the camshafts with an open-end wrench.
Note: When unscrewing the bolts, remove the adjusting ruler from the camshafts, and after unscrewing, insert it back.
Remove both camshaft sprockets from the camshaft cones by lightly tapping with a rubber hammer. Tighten the mounting bolts slightly so that the camshaft sprockets can rotate relative to the shafts without wobbling.