Start by removing the air cleaner upper cover, housing and clean air tube and then pull loose the make-up air hose on the cylinder head cover to take out the timing belt. Put the car up on a hoist, take off the right front wheel and its splash shield and remove the accessory
Drive Belts. Subsequently, take off the
Crankshaft vibration damper and after that remove the air conditioner/generator
Belt Tensioner and pulley assembly. Open the timing belt lower front cover, undo its bolts and pull off the cover, after which lower the vehicle and take the upper front cover off by removing its bolts. Separate the right
Engine Mount as well as its engine mount bracket. Rotation of the engine from the crankshaft will move the
Camshaft and keep its timing correct, so preserve valve components by not rotating the camshaft once you have removed the timing belt. Move the crankshaft until the line for TDC on the oil pump housing lines up with TDC on the crankshaft sprocket, positioned on the sprocket's trailing edge. After inserting a 6 mm Allen wrench into the belt tensioner, turn it counterclockwise and very gently press a 1/8" or 3 mm Allen wrench in until it clicks into place. Take out the timing belt. Disconnect the negative battery cable, remove the timing belt and place Special Tools 6793 as well as C-4685-C2 to take the crankshaft sprocket out. Don't try to clean your timing belt; as soon as it is dirty, you should replace it and the parts called sprockets should be cleaned using an appropriate solvent. Make sure you use Special Tool 6792 to put the crankshaft sprocket to the correct depth on installation, so that timing belt alignment is correct. Insert the crankshaft sprokethrough the pulley fan, then ensure the timing belt is aligned with the arrow on the oil pump housing and that the exhaust camshaft sprocket is a bit lower than the intake camshaft sprocket, so the arrows on both camshafts face up. Start putting on the timing belt by holding it to the crankshaft, running it around the water pump gear, idler pulley and both camshaft sprockets and connect it to the tensioner. Counterclockwise rotation of the exhaust camshaft adjusts the marks and makes the plastic belt slack, after which you can remove the Allen wrench or pull pin. After fitting the timing belt and freeing the tensioner, turn the crankshaft two times and make sure the marks on the camshafts and crankshaft are in line. You should also replace the engine mount bracket, timing belt front covers and bolts, air conditioning/generator belt tensioner and pulley, right engine mount, crankshaft vibration damper, accessory drive belts, drive belt splash shield, right front wheel, make-up air hose to the cylinder head cover and the air cleaner housing, upper cover and clean air tube.