Tensioner Rail in Block

Removal and Installation:

NOTE: Numbers in parentheses ( ) indicate a component or tool in the associated illustration.

1. Remove timing case cover.
2. Mark crankshaft sprocket relative to timing chain with colored marking.

Engines Shown, A = Engine 104.98; B = Engine 104.94/99 (Tension Rail 1st Version Up To July 1995), Others Similar:

3. Pull off bearing pin (20) from tensioning rail (2).
4. Install tensioning rail (2).

NOTE:
^ Pay attention to colored markings.
^ Check basic position of camshaft, if necessary.
^ The plastic guide (19) (running surface) is clipped into the tensioning rail (2) and can be replaced separately.
^ The bearing pin (20) is knocked into the crankcase.
^ Projection 28 mm.
^ The all-plastic tensioning rail (2nd version) can be used in place of the 1st version.