ever replace timing belt in a pt cruiser
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ever replace timing belt in a pt cruiser
2002 pt cruiser it sounds like the timing belt is slaping the inside of the cover. and it looks like a major deal does the motor have to come out the bottom ? has anyone done this one?
REMOVAL
INSTALLATION
- Disconnect negative battery cable.
- Raise vehicle on hoist. Remove right front wheel.
- Remove the right splash shield.
- Remove accessory drive belts.
- Remove crankshaft damper
- Remove the lower torque strut
- Disconnect exhaust system from manifold.
- Disconnect A/C pressure switch at rear of compressor housing.
- Lower vehicle and support engine with a jack.
- Discharge A/C system and disconnect A/C lines at coupling block
- Remove upper torque strut
- Remove screw attaching ground strap to strut bracket.
- Remove torque strut bracket from strut tower.
- Remove upper radiator support crossmember
- Remove power steering pump and bracket. Set pump aside. Do not disconnect lines from pump.</B>
- With engine properly supported, remove right engine mount through bolt.
- Raise engine with jack until engine support bracket bolts are accessible.
- Remove support bracket bolts.
- Remove support bracket.
- Remove upper timing belt cover fasteners and remove cover.
- Remove lower timing belt cover fasteners and remove cover
- CAUTION: When aligning crankshaft and camshaft timing marks always rotate engine from crankshaft. Camshaft should not be rotated after timing belt is removed. Damage to valve components may occur. Always align timing marks before removing timing belt.
- Before the removal of the timing belt, rotate crankshaft until the TDC mark on oil pump housing aligns with the TDC mark on crankshaft sprocket (trailing edge of sprocket tooth)
- NOTE: The crankshaft sprocket TDC mark is located on the trailing edge of the sprocket tooth. Failure to align trailing edge of sprocket tooth to TDC mark on oil pump housing will cause the camshaft timing marks to be misaligned.
- Install 6 mm Allen wrench into belt tensioner. Before rotating the tensioner, insert the long end of a 1/8” or 3 mm Allen wrench into the pin hole on the front of the tensioner .
- While rotating the tensioner counterclockwise, push in lightly on the 1/8” or 3 mm Allen wrench, until it slides into the locking hole.
- Remove timing belt. CAUTION: If timing belt was damaged due to incorrect tracking (alignment), the belt tensioner assembly must be replaced
INSTALLATION
- Set crankshaft sprocket to TDC by aligning the sprocket with the arrow on the oil pump housing.
- Set camshafts timing marks so that the exhaust camshaft sprocket is a 1/2 notch below the intake camshaft sprocket
- CAUTION: Ensure that the arrows on both camshaft sprockets are facing up.
- Install timing belt. Starting at the crankshaft, go around the water pump sprocket, idler pulley, camshaft sprockets and then around the tensioner
- Move the exhaust camshaft sprocket counterclockwise to align marks and take up belt slack. NOTE: A new tensioner is held in the wound position by a pull pin.
- Remove the pull pin or Allen wrench from the belt tensioner.
- Once the timing belt has been installed and tensioner released, rotate the crankshaft two (2) complete revolutions. Verify that the TDC marks on crankshaft and timing marks on the camshafts are aligned as shown in .
- Install lower timing belt cover and tighten fasteners to 9 N·m (80 in. lbs.
- Install upper timing belt cover and tighten fasteners to 9 N·m (80 in. lbs.
- Install right engine support bracket. Ensure the power steering pump is properly located in mounting location on bracket. Tighten mount bracket bolts to 61 N·m (45 ft. lbs.)
- Lower engine into mounting position and install right engine mount through bolt. Tighten bolt to 118 N·m (87 ft. lbs.).
- Install power steering pump and bracket.
- Install upper radiator support crossmember
- Install torque strut bracket to strut tower.
- Connect ground strap to bracket.
- Install upper torque strut
- Connect A/C lines. Evacuate and recharge A/C system
- Raise vehicle.
- Connect exhaust system to manifold.
- Connect A/C pressure switch connector.
- Install crankshaft damper
- Install accessory drive belts
- Install lower torque strut
- Perform torque strut adjustment procedure
- Install right splash shield.
- Install right front wheel.
- Connect negative cable to battery.
timing belts on 2.4L engines take about 4 hours for most people(I have it down to 2 hours on my engine...but thats a combination of practice and optimization I have done to make engine work easier)
its not bad at all.
I can do one with my tools at work in under 3 hours.
I know all the steps look intimidating, but after you start, they dwindle away pretty quick.
It wouldnt be as bad in a neon or even the minivans.
Sucks its in a pt cruiser.
I can do one with my tools at work in under 3 hours.
I know all the steps look intimidating, but after you start, they dwindle away pretty quick.
It wouldnt be as bad in a neon or even the minivans.
Sucks its in a pt cruiser.
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REMOVAL
- Disconnect negative battery cable.
- Raise vehicle on hoist. Remove right front wheel.
- Remove the right splash shield.
- Remove accessory drive belts.
- Remove crankshaft damper
- Remove the lower torque strut
- Disconnect exhaust system from manifold.
- Disconnect A/C pressure switch at rear of compressor housing.
- Lower vehicle and support engine with a jack.
- Discharge A/C system and disconnect A/C lines at coupling block
- Remove upper torque strut
- Remove screw attaching ground strap to strut bracket.
- Remove torque strut bracket from strut tower.
- Remove upper radiator support crossmember
- Remove power steering pump and bracket. Set pump aside. Do not disconnect lines from pump.</B>
- With engine properly supported, remove right engine mount through bolt.
- Raise engine with jack until engine support bracket bolts are accessible.
- Remove support bracket bolts.
- Remove support bracket.
- Remove upper timing belt cover fasteners and remove cover.
- Remove lower timing belt cover fasteners and remove cover
- CAUTION: When aligning crankshaft and camshaft timing marks always rotate engine from crankshaft. Camshaft should not be rotated after timing belt is removed. Damage to valve components may occur. Always align timing marks before removing timing belt.
- Before the removal of the timing belt, rotate crankshaft until the TDC mark on oil pump housing aligns with the TDC mark on crankshaft sprocket (trailing edge of sprocket tooth)
- NOTE: The crankshaft sprocket TDC mark is located on the trailing edge of the sprocket tooth. Failure to align trailing edge of sprocket tooth to TDC mark on oil pump housing will cause the camshaft timing marks to be misaligned.
- Install 6 mm Allen wrench into belt tensioner. Before rotating the tensioner, insert the long end of a 1/8” or 3 mm Allen wrench into the pin hole on the front of the tensioner .
- While rotating the tensioner counterclockwise, push in lightly on the 1/8” or 3 mm Allen wrench, until it slides into the locking hole.
- Remove timing belt. CAUTION: If timing belt was damaged due to incorrect tracking (alignment), the belt tensioner assembly must be replaced
- Set crankshaft sprocket to TDC by aligning the sprocket with the arrow on the oil pump housing.
- Set camshafts timing marks so that the exhaust camshaft sprocket is a 1/2 notch below the intake camshaft sprocket
- CAUTION: Ensure that the arrows on both camshaft sprockets are facing up.
- Install timing belt. Starting at the crankshaft, go around the water pump sprocket, idler pulley, camshaft sprockets and then around the tensioner
- Move the exhaust camshaft sprocket counterclockwise to align marks and take up belt slack. NOTE: A new tensioner is held in the wound position by a pull pin.
- Remove the pull pin or Allen wrench from the belt tensioner.
- Once the timing belt has been installed and tensioner released, rotate the crankshaft two (2) complete revolutions. Verify that the TDC marks on crankshaft and timing marks on the camshafts are aligned as shown in .
- Install lower timing belt cover and tighten fasteners to 9 N·m (80 in. lbs.
- Install upper timing belt cover and tighten fasteners to 9 N·m (80 in. lbs.
- Install right engine support bracket. Ensure the power steering pump is properly located in mounting location on bracket. Tighten mount bracket bolts to 61 N·m (45 ft. lbs.)
- Lower engine into mounting position and install right engine mount through bolt. Tighten bolt to 118 N·m (87 ft. lbs.).
- Install power steering pump and bracket.
- Install upper radiator support crossmember
- Install torque strut bracket to strut tower.
- Connect ground strap to bracket.
- Install upper torque strut
- Connect A/C lines. Evacuate and recharge A/C system
- Raise vehicle.
- Connect exhaust system to manifold.
- Connect A/C pressure switch connector.
- Install crankshaft damper
- Install accessory drive belts
- Install lower torque strut
- Perform torque strut adjustment procedure
- Install right splash shield.
- Install right front wheel.
- Connect negative cable to battery.
I am good with my tools, but this list looks daunting... I know that its hard to detail and guess experience, but is this a do-it-yourself in the driveway project, really?
Help!
Brian