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Positioning intake camshaft.
Detail of correct alignment of engraved notches
on gearwheels of camshafts.
Phasing check. Note the pressure that the cylinder B
exercises on the chain.
Lift the chain again and insert the intake
camshaft placing the chain on the gearwhe-
el. Place the shaft so that the cams face up-
wards according to the approximate direc-
tion
D
and the references
E
carved on the
gear are horizontal.
Position the bearing in the same way as for
the exhaust camshaft.
Holding the camshaft still with one hand,
insert an aluminium cylinder
F
in the hou-
sing of the hydraulic tensioner as far as ne-
eded to be able to push the movable guide
against the timing chain. Make sure that the
notches engraved on the two wheels are
aligned one with the other. Is so, the pha-
sing is correct. If not, release the cylinder
F
,
lift the timing chain so that the gearwheels
disengage allowing the needed rotation to
obtain correct phasing.
Having checked phasing, extract the cylin-
der
F
.
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