Checking the technical condition of the belt should be carried out at each maintenance of the car
The belt replacement period, regardless of its condition, is 60 thousand kilometers or four calendar years, whichever comes first.
A broken belt can cause significant engine damage.
Engine pistons and valves can be severely damaged.
The valves are either broken or bent, and the pistons are destroyed. The connecting rods also get damaged.
When inspecting the belt, you need to pay attention so that there are no cracks, cuts, delaminations.
The surface of the belt must be free of oil.
On F4R and K4M engines, the pulleys do not have alignment marks, so you need to have special tools for setting the camshafts to TDC of the first cylinder and a special pin to fix the crankshaft at TDC of the first cylinder.
Devices, of course, can be made by yourself according to the drawings given in this article.
Preparing the car for the task.
We install it on a lift or a viewing ditch.
Remove the right support of the power unit for this:
We substitute a jack under the oil pan through a wooden or rubber block.
We remove the fuel pipes from the holders located on the support bracket
Remove the wire harness holder from the support bracket hole
With a 16 head, unscrew the three bolts securing the support bracket to the top cover of the timing drive
We unscrew the three bolts securing the support to the body
Removing the right support
Removing the right mudguard (article - Removing the engine protection , fender liner and mudguards Renault Duster)
Checking and replacing the belt on the K4M 1.6L engine
The location and installation of the belt is shown in Figure 6.
With a 13 head, unscrew the three bolts and two nuts securing the upper timing cover
Remove the top cover
With a head of 18, turn the crankshaft clockwise and inspect the timing belt
At normal belt tension, pointer 1 should align with the notch of pointer 2 of the tensioner
If the movable pointer is offset relative to the fixed pointer, then tighten the belt.
We loosen the tightening of the tension roller fastening nut with a 13 wrench and turn the roller clockwise with a hexagon by 6, pulling the belt until the pointers align.
While holding in this position, tighten the roller nut.
To replace the belt, remove the accessory belt (article - Checking and replacement of the Renault Duster accessory belt)
Remove the top timing cover
We turn on the fifth gear and the assistant presses the brake pedal
With a head of 18, we unscrew the bolt securing the accessory drive pulley
Removing the bolt with washer
Remove the accessory drive pulley
With a head of 8, unscrew the four bolts securing the lower timing cover
Remove the cover
We set the crankshaft and camshafts to the position of the top dead center of the first cylinder. To do this, unscrew all the candles.
We screw the bolt of the accessory drive pulley into place by installing a set of suitable washers.
To determine the position of the camshafts, it is necessary to remove the plugs from the holes in the left end of the cylinder head.
Remove the air intake with a resonator
In the center of the plug, pierce a hole with a screwdriver
Remove the plug from the hole in the cylinder block. Also extract another stub
Turn the crankshaft clockwise, the grooves on the ends of the camshafts should take a horizontal position, and shifted down relative to the axes of the camshafts
To fix the camshafts in this position, a device can be made from a metal plate five millimeters thick.
The dimensions of the fixture are shown in the figure
Install the device in the grooves of the shafts
We check that the crankshaft is in the TDC position of the pistons of the 1st and 4th cylinders. For this:
Unscrew the plug with the E14 head
Insert the installation pin into the hole (shown with the pallet removed)
When the crankshaft is in the TDC position of the pistons of the 1st and 4th cylinders, the mounting pin 1 must be screwed into the hole to the end of the thread and abut against the milled area 2 on the crankshaft web.
After that, the crankshaft will be impossible to turn.
If, when screwing in the adjusting pin, it rests, and the end of the adjusting nut on the pin does not come into contact with the end face of the boss of the hole in the cylinder block (there will be a gap between the nut and the boss), then you need to turn a little (by removing the device from the grooves of the camshafts) crankshaft shaft counterclockwise.
Then you need to screw the mounting pin into the hole of the cylinder block to the end (until the ends of the pin nut and the boss of the hole in the block touch) and turn the crankshaft clockwise until the platform of the shaft cheek stops against the pin.
Install the camshaft locking tool, if it was removed.
An M10 bolt can be used as a mounting pin
We screw two adjusting nuts onto the bolt and lock them so that the length of the threaded part of the bolt is 75 mm.
Turn the roller counterclockwise, reducing the tension of the timing drive
Remove the belt from the tensioner
Remove the belt from the coolant pump pulleys, crankshaft and camshafts
Belt marking (number of teeth 131, width 25.4 mm)
When replacing the belt, it is advisable to replace the tension and support roller, for this we unscrew the tension roller fastening nut
Remove the tension roller from the coolant pump housing stud
Use the TORXT50 key to unscrew the support roller fastening screw
Remove the support roller and its bushing.
Installing the timing belt
We orient the belt so that the arrows on the belt coincide with the direction of movement of the belt clockwise.
We install the belt on the gear pulleys of the crankshaft, coolant pump, camshaft pulleys.
Then, at the same time, we put the belt on the tension roller and install the roller on the stud of the coolant pump housing.
When installing the tension roller, insert the bent end 1 of the roller bracket into the recess 2 of the coolant pump housing.
Adjust the belt tension as described above.
We unscrew the locking pin from the hole in the cylinder block and remove the device for fixing the camshafts.
Rotate the crankshaft two turns clockwise until the grooves on the camshafts take the position corresponding to the top dead center of the 1st piston.
We twist the plug into the hole in the cylinder block.
With light blows of a hammer with a plastic striker, we press new plugs into the holes of the cylinder head.
Assemble the parts in reverse order.
We replace the bolt securing the auxiliary drive pulley with a new one and tighten it with a torque of 40 Nm, then tighten it by 110˚.
We tighten the bolt for fastening the bracket for the tension roller of the auxiliary drive belt with a torque of 21 Nm.
We tighten the bolt for fastening the timing belt support roller with a torque of 50 Nm.
Tighten the nut of the timing belt tension roller with a torque of 28 Nm.
We tighten the M8 bolt for fastening the upper timing cover with a torque of 22 Nm.
We tighten the M10 bolt for fastening the upper timing cover with a torque of 44 Nm.
We tighten the bolt for fastening the lower timing cover with a torque of 8 Nm.
Checking and replacing the timing belt on the F4R 2.0 l engine
Perform preparatory operations, as described at the beginning of the article.
Belt installation diagram is shown in Figure 1
Remove the right support as described above
With a 13 head, unscrew the three bolts and two nuts securing the upper timing cover
Remove the cover
With a head of 18, turn the crankshaft clockwise and evaluate the condition of the belt
With normal belt tension, the movable pointer 1 should align with the notch of the fixed pointer
If the movable pointer is displaced, then we tighten the belt
Using a 10 spanner wrench, loosen the tightening nut of the tension roller and with a 6 hexagon turn the roller clockwise, pulling the belt until the marks are aligned.
Tighten the nut in this position.
To replace the timing belt, remove the accessory belt (article - Checking and replacing the accessory belt Renault Duster).
After that, unscrew the accessory belt drive pulley, as described above.
If at the same time the pulley mounting bolt cannot be unscrewed, then the shaft must be locked.
For this:
With a 13 head, we unscrew the bolt securing the plastic holder of the wire harnesses to the clutch housing
Remove the bolt
Using a flat-blade screwdriver to pry the clip holding the wire harness holder and remove it from the hole in the thermostat housing
remove the holder with wire harnesses from the clutch housing.
We insert a screwdriver through the window in the clutch housing between the teeth of the flywheel crown
With a head of 18, we unscrew the bolt securing the accessory drive pulley
With a head of 8, unscrew the five bolts securing the lower timing cover
Remove the cover
To rotate the crankshaft, we screw in place the bolt securing the auxiliary drive pulley by installing a bushing or washers between the bolt and the end of the shaft.
We unscrew all the spark plugs to facilitate the crankshaft scrolling.
Remove the camshaft plugs as described above.
Turn the crankshaft clockwise until the grooves are horizontal and are located down relative to the axes of the camshafts.
Use the E-14 head to unscrew the plug from the hole in the cylinder block
Retrieving the stub
Get up we pour the adjusting pin into the hole of the cylinder block
When the crankshaft is in the TDC position of the pistons of the 1st and 4th cylinders, the finger should enter the rectangular groove on the crankshaft web and block the shaft.
When you try to turn the crankshaft in one direction or another, it should not move.
In the correct position, the groove 1 on its toe should be located between the two ribs 2 of the cylinder block cover.
When assembling the engine, the position of the crankshaft at the TDC of the 1st and 4th cylinders is conveniently controlled by the coincidence of the cavity 1 of the master disk (for the crankshaft position sensor) on the flywheel with a tide 2 on the cylinder block (3 - hole for the upper front bolt gearbox mountings).
We install a fixing device in the grooves of the camshafts
Using a 6 hexagon, turn the roller counterclockwise, loosening the belt tension
Remove the timing belt
Marking of the timing belt (number of teeth - 126, width 25.4 mm)
Replace the tension and support rollers for this:
Having unscrewed the fastening nut, remove the tension roller from the cylinder head stud
Using a 16 head, unscrew the bolt securing the support roller to the cylinder block
Remove the support roller and its mounting sleeve
When installing the tension roller, insert the bent end 1 of its bracket into the recess 2 of the cylinder head and bait the roller fastening nut
The arrows on the belt when installing the belt must match the direction of movement of the belt (clockwise).
We wind the front branch of the belt under the coolant pump pulley, and the rear branch of the belt under the tension and support roller.
We adjust the tension of the timing belt, as described above.
Remove the locating pin from the hole in the cylinder block and remove the fixture for fixing the camshafts.
Turn the crankshaft two turns clockwise until the grooves on the ends are distributed shafts will not occupy the desired position.
We check the valve timing and belt tension and, if necessary, repeat the adjustments.
Reinstall the screw plug and press in the new camshaft plugs as shown for the 1.6L engine.
Assemble the parts in reverse order.
We replace the bolt securing the auxiliary drive pulley with a new one and tighten it with a torque of 40 Nm, then tighten it by 110˚.
We tighten the bolt for fastening the bracket for the tension roller of the auxiliary drive belt with a torque of 21 Nm.
We tighten the bolt for fastening the timing belt support roller with a torque of 50 Nm.
Tighten the nut of the timing belt tension roller with a torque of 28 Nm.
We tighten the M8 bolt for fastening the upper timing cover with a torque of 22 Nm.
We tighten the M10 bolt for fastening the upper timing cover with a torque of 44 Nm.
We tighten the bolt for fastening the lower timing cover with a torque of 8 Nm.
