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CHECKING AND SETTING THE VALVE TIMING
Engine : XFW
B1EK00HD
B1EK00GD
Refitting (continued).
Peg the camshaft hubs, starting with LH exhaust (17) then (18), (19) and (20), using tool
[1], proceeding in the following way:
- The peg goes in: slacken by 45° the fixing screws of the pinion on the camshaft hub,
- The peg does not go in: slacken by 45° the fixing screws of the pinion on the camshaft
hub until the peg will go in.
ESSENTIAL : Check that the camshaft pinions are not at end of slots (by removing
a screw).
If they are, repeat the operation to refit the belt.
Tighten the pinions in the sequence below:
Pinions (17), (18), (19), (20) tighten to 1 ± 0.1 m.daN.
Remove tools [1] and [2]
Checking the setting of the timing.
Effect two rotations (Normal direction of rotation of the engine).
IMPERATIVE : Never turn the engine backwards.
Refit the crankshaft peg [2].
Check that the peg for checking the camshaft settings [4] engages freely in the cylinder
heads (J), as far as the camshaft pinions.
ENGINE