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How to Place a Timing Belt on a 1994 Toyota Tercel

The Tercel is a subcompact car manufactured by Toyota from 1978 to 2000. The fourth generation of this series includes 1991 through 1994. The standard engine for the 1994 Toyota Tercel is the 3E-E, a four-cylinder, 1.5-liter engine with a single overhead camshaft. The recommended replacement interval for the timing belt in a 1994 Tercel is at least 60,000 miles.

Instructions

1

Remove the cable from the negative battery terminal with a socket wrench. Disconnect the undercover on the right side of the engine, and detach the cables for the throttle and accelerator. Detach the PVC hoses and the accessory drive belts.

2

Disconnect the air cleaner, air intake assembly and spark plugs with a socket wrench. Detach the vacuum valve from the mounting insulator on the right side of the engine.

3

Place a floor jack under the engine and support the engine to take the weight off the engine mounts. Remove the insulator assembly for the right engine mount. Disconnect the valve cover with a socket wrench.

4

Turned the crankshaft clockwise to align the timing mark on the crankshaft sprocket with the zero mark on the crankshaft housing. Disconnect the crankshaft pulley with a socket wrench. Remove the covers and guide for the timing belt.

5

Detach the spring for the timing belt tensioner, and remove the tensioner spring. Loosen the idler pulley for the timing belt with a socket wrench, and push the idler pulley as far to the left as possible. Tighten the idler pulley to hold it in place temporarily.

6

Remove the timing belt from the pulleys and disconnect the idler pulley with a socket wrench. Mount an adjustable wrench to the camshaft to hold it in place and remove the center bolt from the camshaft sprocket. Disconnect the sprocket from the camshaft.

7

Remove the spring for the timing belt tensioner. Measure the free length of the spring at the inside faces of the hooks and replace the spring if this length is greater than 1.512 inches.

8

Align the camshaft pin with the No. 1 mark on the bearing cap of the camshaft. Align the pin hole on the camshaft with the 3E mark on the camshaft sprocket. Install the camshaft sprocket onto the camshaft and tighten the retaining bolt to 37 foot-pounds with a torque wrench.

9

Align the timing mark on the crankshaft timing pulley with the timing mark on the oil pump. Place the new timing belt onto the crankshaft sprocket and camshaft sprocket. Attach the spring for the timing belt tensioner and loosen the bolt for the idler pulley to apply tension to the timing belt.

10

Tighten the bolt for the crankshaft pulley with a socket wrench. Rotate the crankshaft two full turns clockwise and align the timing marks again. Torque the bolt for the idler pulley bolt to 13 foot-pounds with a torque wrench.

11

Replace the guide and covers for the timing belt with a socket wrench. Connect the crankshaft pulley and tighten its mounting bolt to 112 foot-pounds with a torque wrench. Perform steps 1 through 3 in reverse order to install the remaining components.

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