Volkswagen Touareg 2003 Workshop Repair Manual page 43

– Remove securing bolts -arrows- for alternator. Move alternator
aside slightly.
– First unscrew bolt -1- from oil filter housing. Then unscrew
bolts -2- from cover for toothed belt tensioning element.
– Remove cover.
Note
The toothed belt tensioning element is provided with oil damp‐
♦
ing. It can therefore only be pushed back slowly.
Use locking pin -T40011- for securing the tensioning element.
♦
– If necessary, before tensioning align holes in housing and in
piston of tensioning element using long nose pliers or thin wire.
– Turn tensioning lever of toothed belt tensioning roller -1- in
-direction of arrow- using hexagon key.
– Secure tensioning element with locking pin -T40011- when the
tensioning lever of the toothed belt tensioning element -2- has
been pushed back so that the holes in the housing and the
pistons align.
– Insert camshaft clamp -T40005- into camshaft securing plates
and loosen securing bolts by approx. 5 turns.
– Remove camshaft clamp -T40005- again.
8-cylinder injection engine - Edition 11.2011
Touareg 2003 ➤
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1. Cylinder head