Renault Espace Technical Note page 24

TOP AND FRONT OF ENGINE
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Timing belt
Belt tension
Check that there is still a clearance of 0.5 to 1 mm
between nuts and the camshaft pulleys.
NOTE: do not turn the tensioner anti-clockwise.
Align tensioner marks (6) and (7) using a 6 mm
hexagonal wrench at (B).
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Pretighten the tensioner nut to a torque of 0.7
daN.m.
check carefully that the nut and the bolt of
NOTE:
the camshaft pulleys do not come into contact
with their respective pulleys. Also, place the cams-
haft pulleys flush against the camshaft from time
to time.
Turn the timing six revolutions clockwise (timing
end) via the exhaust pulley using tool Mot. 799-
01.
Align marks (6) and (7) if necessary, slackening the
tensioner nut by one revolution maximum while
retaining it using a 6 mm hexagonal wrench. Then
fully tighten the nut to a torque of 2.8 daN.m.
Tighten the accessories crankshaft pulley bolt to a
torque of 2 daN.m (Top Dead Centre pin still in
place in the crankshaft).
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