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C8 drive belt check DW12ATED — CITROEN

C8 drive belt check DW12ATED on Citroen: 19 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

Workshop procedure for CITROEN — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

19 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 2.0, HDI, 16V, |, FAP, 2.2

  • Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
  • Special tools named: locking pin

📋 Procedure

  1. Wrench:
  2. Tensioner locking pin:
  3. Remove the front right wheel
  4. Remove the wheel arch cover lining
  5. Remove the undertray
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  1. Fit the special tool
  2. Turn the tensioner anti-clockwise
  3. Fit the special tool
  4. Remove the drive belt
  5. Check the condition of the tensioner and idler pulley(s)
  6. Check the condition of the tensioner and idler pulley(s)

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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.

The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.

Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.