Thursday, December 1, 2011
2002 Kia Truck Sedona EX V6-3.5L Timing Belt Service & Repair
1. Remove the engine cover.
2. Remove the drive belt.
3. Remove the idler pulley, crankshaft pulley, power steering pulley and tensioner pulley.
4. Remove the upper and lower timing belt cover.
5. Support the engine with garage jack or special tool, and then remove the engine
mounting insulator. Caution: Take care not to deform the engine oil pan.
6. Remove the auto tensioner. Notice: Rotate the crankshaft clockwise and align the
timing mark to get the No.1 cylinder’s piston be in TDC position (compression stroke).
At this time, the timing marks of the camshaft sprocket and cylinder head cover
should coincide with each other.
7. Remove the timing belt. Notice: When re-using timing belt, make sure of marking the
rotating direction on the belt so as to install correctly.
Installation
Method of installing timing belt and auto tensioner
1. Install the idler pulley to the engine support lower bracket.
2. Install the tensioner arm, shaft and plain washer to the cylinder block. Tightening
torque: 35 – 55 Nm (350 – 550 kg-cm, 25.82 – 40.57 ft. lbs.)
3. Install the crankshaft sprocket. Notice: Confirm if timing marks coincide with.
