Rover 214 & 414 Service and Repair Manual - Rover club

1 Timing belt upper righthand
(outer) cover
2 Bolt
3 Seal
4 Bolt
5 Timing belt lower cover
6 Seal
7 Bolt
8 Bolt
9 Crankshaft pulley
9.2b Timing belt, sprockets and covers - K16 engine
10 Washer
11 Crankshaft pulley bolt
12 Timing belt
13 Camshaft sprockets
14 Bolt
15 Washer
16 Timing belt tensioner
pulley assembly
17 Tensioner pulley Allen
screw
component needs to be removed at the same
time, start by removing the timing belt, then
remove each component as described below
whilst ignoring the preliminary dismantling
steps.
Removal
1 Disconnect the battery negative lead.
2 To improve access to the timing belt
components (see illustrations), remove the
expansion tank mounting bolts then free the
coolant hose from any relevant retaining clips
and position the tank clear of the engine. On
models equipped with power-assisted
steering, undo all the power steering hose
retaining clip bolts then slide the fluid
9.11a Camshaft locking tool cut from steel
section . . .
18 Tensioner pulley spring
19 Sleeve
20 Pillar bolt
21 Tensioner backplate
clamp bolt
22 Crankshaft sprocket
23 Timing belt upper lefthand
(inner) cover
24 Bolt
reservoir out of its retaining clip and position it
clear of the timing belt covers. Take great care
not to place any undue strain on hoses and
mop up any spilt fluid immediately.
3 Remove the timing belt upper right-hand
(outer) cover.
4 Apply the handbrake then jack up the front
of the vehicle and support it on axle stands.
Remove the right-hand roadwheel.
5 From underneath the front of the vehicle,
slacken and remove the three bolts securing
the bumper flange to the body. Remove the
seven bolts securing the front undercover
panel to the body and remove the panel.
6 Using a suitable spanner or socket on the
crankshaft pulley bolt, rotate the crankshaft in
9.11b . . . to fit sprocket spokes as closely
as possible - K16 engine
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Engine in-car repair procedures 2A•11
a clockwise direction until the long whitepainted
mark on the crankshaft pulley’s
outboard (right-hand) face is aligned with the
single, separate mark on the timing belt lower
cover so that the crankshaft is in the 90°
BTDC position (see Chapter 1 for details of
the pulley/cover marks).
7 Check that the camshaft sprocket mark(s)
align as described in Section 8, paragraph 15
then proceed as described under the relevant
sub-heading.
Camshaft sprocket(s)
8 Slacken through half a turn each, the timing
belt tensioner pulley Allen screw and the
tensioner backplate clamp bolt. Push the
pulley assembly down to release all tension
from the timing belt, then re-tighten the
backplate clamp bolt securely.
9 Remove the belt from the camshaft
sprocket(s), taking care not to twist it too
sharply. Use fingers only to handle the belt.
Do not rotate the crankshaft until the timing
belt is refitted.
10 On K8 engines, slacken the camshaft
sprocket retaining bolt and remove it, along
with its washer. To prevent the camshaft from
rotating, use Rover service tool 18G 1521 to
retain the sprocket. If the tool is not available,
then an acceptable substitute can be
fabricated from two lengths of steel strip (one
long, the other short) and three nuts and bolts.
One nut and bolt should form the pivot of a
forked tool with the remaining two nuts and
bolts at the tips of the forks to engage with
the sprocket spokes, as shown in illustration
9.23a.
11 On K16 engines, unscrew the appropriate
camshaft sprocket retaining bolt and remove it,
along with its washer. To prevent a camshaft
from rotating, lock together both sprockets
using Rover service tool 18G 1570. This tool is
a metal sprag shaped on both sides to fit
the sprocket teeth and is inserted between the
sprockets. If the tool is not available, then an
acceptable substitute can be cut from a length
of square-section steel tube or similar to fit as
closely as possible around the sprocket
spokes (see illustrations).
12 On all engines, remove the sprocket(s)
from the camshaft end(s), noting the locating
roll pin(s) (see illustration). If a roll pin is a
9.12 Removing camshaft sprocket (roll pin
arrowed) - K8 engine
2A