TENSIONER, Engine Timing: Installation: Installation
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- Reset timing chain tensioner (4) by lifting up on ratchet (2) and pushing plunger (3) inward towards the tensioner body (4). Insert Tensioner Pin 8514 into slot (1) to hold tensioner plunger in the retracted position.
NOTE: Keep the slack in the timing chain on the tensioner side.
- Install timing chain tensioner (1) and tighten bolts to 12 N.m (105 in. lbs.).
- Remove timing Tensioner Pin 8514 (2).
- Install the engine timing cover. See Engine/Valve Timing/COVER(S), Engine Timing - Installation