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Installation Recommendations For Timing System On GM 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2 16V Engines

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Installation Recommendations For Timing System On GM 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2 16V Engines

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Installation recommendations for timing system on GM 1.

4,
1.6, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2 16V engines
GATES REFERENCE : 5368XS, 5369XS, 5408XS, 5461XS, 5499XS,
5542XS
MAKE : OPEL / VAUXHALL
MODEL : Astra, Calibra, Combo, Corsa, Cavalier,
Frontera, Kadett, Meriva, Omega, Signum,
# 001 Sintra, Tigra, Vectra, Zafira
28/02/2005 MOTOR : 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2 16V
MOTOR CODE : C14SEL, X14XE, C16SEL, C16XE, X16XE,
X16XEL, Y16XE, Z16XE, C18XE, X18XE,
X18XEL, Z18XE, Z18XEL, X20XEV, X22SE,
X22XE, Y22SE, Y22XE, Z22XE

IMPORTANT:

Only install belt and tensioner when engine is at room temperature.


Only rotate engine CLOCKWISE !!!
Never re-install a used belt (tensioners are developed for new belts!!!).
The ‘USED’ position on the base plate is where the pointer will move
towards during the life of the belt.
Camshaft- and crankshaft sprockets should not rotate unless the belt is
installed and tensioned.

1. Align Top Dead Centre (TDC) marks. As the same engine used in a
different model can have a different belt, we give the TDC marks
following belt number here, and not following engine code.
5369XS/5499XS: crankshaft: 5 O’clock, L-cam: 3 O’clock, R-cam: 9
O’clock 5368XS/5408XS/5461XS/5542XS: crankshaft: 6 O’clock,
camshafts 12 O’clock.
2. Block camshafts
3. Loosen tensioner bolt
4. Turn tensioner clockwise
and remove belt
5. Remove old tensioner
6. Install new tensioner, hand
tighten bolt. Tensioner lip
has to be in oil pump
housing slot. (Tensioner
pointer has to sit behind
water pump pulley). The
Allen keyhole has to be set
in +/- 7 O-clock position (fig.
1).
7. Install new belt anti-
clockwise starting at crankshaft Fig. 1

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8. Turn tensioner (with Allen key) anti-clockwise (while holding the bolt
in place) till pointer is in line with (not passing) right hand side of
base plate (fig. 2)
9. Tighten
tensioner bolt
(+/- 20 Nm)
# 001 10. Unblock
28/02/2005 camshaft
11. Turn engine
(manually) 2
revolutions via
crankshaft (this
for proper
seating of the
Fig. 2 belt teeth in the
grooves; and to
distribute the tension), till TDC marks align again. If not aligned,
restart at step 1.
12. If pointer not in line with V (“NEW” position), bloc camshafts again
13. Loosen tensioner bolt
14. Adjust tensioner (while
holding the tensioner bolt in
place), till pointer in line with
V (“NEW” position); the Allen
key hole has to be in +/- 5
O-clock position now (fig. 3)
15. Tighten tensioner bolt (+/- 20
Nm)
16. Unblock camshafts
17. Turn engine 2 revolutions
(via crankshaft), till TDC
marks align again
18. Check tensioner pointer
position. If correct (in V) Fig. 3
install other removed parts. If not correct, do repeat steps 13 to 18,
till pointer aligns with V.

ATTENTION !!!

Rotating the tensioner in the wrong direction, having the Allen


keyhole in a wrong position to start off, not turning the engine 2
revolutions before and after setting the tension, can lead to
system failure. This will cause the arm of the tensioner to hit the
stop, creating a hammering noise, damaging and possibly even
rupturing that part. This failure mode is very common and can
easily be recognised when inspecting the edge of the arm (fig. 4).
The resulting wrong tension can cause the belt to rupture.

Technical Bulletin 001 Copyright © 2006 Gates Corporation Page 2 of 3


# 001
28/02/2005

arm

Fig. 4

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