| Remove the timing chain tensioner plug from the right side of the cylinder
head |
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CAUTION: Plug is under considerable spring tension !
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| Access to the tensioner plug can be made easier by removing
the washer fluid bottle, and if necessary, dismounting the air conditioning compressor. |
| Remove spring and piston. |
Installation:
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| Image shows order of parts installation. |
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| Check length of spring, nominal value is 159mm ± 0.5 (6.260" ±
0.020") |
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| Narrow end of spring faces out to the plug. |
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| Piston and cylinder are a matched set, and should be replaced as a pair. |
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| Install sleeve, if removed, with new seal and tighten to 50 Nm (36
ft lbs.) |
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| Install piston with groove on slotted end facing up, and groove on other
end facing the exhaust manifold. |
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| Tighten piston to 40 Nm (29 ft lbs. ) |
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| If old style tensioner plug is installed, unscrew nipple on
end of plug, replace O ring. Add engine oil through nipple until oil runs out of plug.
Tighten nipple. Newer style plugs don't have the nipple. With newer style plugs, simply
start engine and run at 2-3000 rpm for several minutes to pump up tensioner piston. |
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