Removal

1. Disconnect negative battery terminal.
2. Drain coolant from radiator and engine block.
3. Drain engine oil.
4. Remove V-belts, engine fan and radiator.
5. Remove cruise control actuator from engine.
6. Disconnect alternator with bracket, power steering pump, air pump and air conditioning compressor with bracket. Leaving pipes/hoses connected, move respective components aside.
7. Remove both valve covers.

Figure 1 - Camshaft Retaining Wrench:

8. Hold camshaft with special retaining wrench and loosen stretch bolt on each camshaft sprocket (Figure 1).

Figure 2 - Ignition TDC:

9. Set engine at ignition TDC for cylinder no. 1 (Figure 2). Loosen front crankshaft bolt and the six pulley screws with the aid of the engine locking tool inserted in the ring gear (starter removed), and recheck TDC setting.

NOTE: Do not move crankshaft again until the new timing chain has been installed and properly timed.

10. Remove ignition distributor.
11. Remove TDC transmitter.
12. Remove crankshaft pulley and vibration damper.
13. For easier realignment of key, match-mark crankshaft and hub (bolt removed) with a chisel. Pull off hub.

Figure 3 - Water Pump Removal:

14. Remove water pump (Figure 3).

Figure 4 - Radial Seal:

15. Pull out radial seal (Figure 4).

Figure 5 - Oil Pan Removal:

16. Remove the lower small section of oil pan. Disconnect the upper section of oil pan and set it on subframe. (Figure 5)

17. Remove oil pump, remove tensioning spring of oil pump chain.





18. Remove timing chain cover by removing the additional M8 cylinder head screws (Figure 6, arrows).

NOTE: Cut a strip of sheet metal (approximately 70 x 80 mm), bend it slightly and place it between the oil pump chain and crankshaft sprocket to prevent the chain from staying engaged in the sprocket teeth.

To pull off the timing chain cover, lift up the tensioning lever of the oil pump chain. Do not damage the cylinder head gaskets.

19. Match-mark distributor drive sprocket and timing chain with paint dots.
20. Match-mark camshaft sprockets and timing chain with paint dots.

Figure 7 - Camshaft Sprocket and Timing Chain:

21. Match-mark crankshaft sprocket and timing chain with paint dots (two arrows, Figure 7).

Figure 8 - Timing Chain Cover:

22. Loosen the left slide rail (Figure 8, single arrow).
23. Remove chain tensioner.
24. Remove slide rails inside of cylinder heads.

NOTE: Inspect slide rails and replace if required.

25. Remove camshaft sprockets.
26. Remove timing chain from below.
27. Pull off crankshaft, distributor and intermediate drive sprockets.
28. Transfer the paint dots to the new timing chain (by counting links) and sprockets.