Renault Espace Technical Note page 27

Tighten the new inlet camshaft phase shifter bolt
to a torque of 10 daN.m.
Tighten the exhaust camshaft pulley nut to a tor-
que of 3 daN.m, then turn through an angle of 86°
6°.
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Remove camshaft setting tool Mot. 1496, cams-
haft pulley immobilising tool Mot. 1509, and Top
Dead Centre pin Mot. 1054.
Checking the setting and tension
Checking the tension:
Turn the crankshaft two revolutions clockwise (ti-
ming end) and before the end of the two revolu-
tions (that is a half-tooth before alignment of the
marks made previously by the operator), insert
the crankshaft Top Dead Centre pin (to be bet-
ween the balancing hole and the pinning hole),
then move the timing to its setting point.
Before pinning
TOP AND FRONT OF ENGINE
Timing belt
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Pinned crankshaft
Remove the Top Dead Centre pin.
Check that the tensioner marks are correctly ali-
gned and repeat the tensioning procedure if they
are not. Slacken the tensioner nut by one revolu-
tion maximum while retaining it using a 6 mm
hexagonal wrench.
Align the tensioner marks and fully tighten the
nut to a torque of 2.8 daN.m.
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