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DS5 DW10CTED (RHC) With hybrid traction chain — CITROEN

DS5 DW10CTED (RHC) With hybrid traction chain on Citroen: 101 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.

101 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes HYBRID, 4

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

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  • Always fit a new timing belt after removal
  • The engine must be cold before timing belt adjustment

📋 Procedure

Preparation and removal

  1. Timing belt clamp:
  2. Unless otherwise advised by the manufacturer, the following procedures are recommended:
  3. Always fit a new timing belt after removal
  4. Remove the engine upper cover
  5. Remove the front right wheel
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  1. Remove the front right splash guard
  2. Note: The engine must be cold before timing belt adjustment
  3. Note: Avoid bending, torsion or traction
  4. Remove the wiper arms and the wiper mechanism cover panel
  5. Remove the air duct
  6. Use an Allen key
  7. Remove the fuel priming pump and bracket
  8. Remove the electrical cables
  9. Remove the intercooler air duct
  10. Disconnect the engine speed sensor
  11. Remove the crankshaft TDC positioning tool
  12. Remove the timing belt upper cover
  13. Turn the crankshaft clockwise, 6 rotations
  14. Turn the crankshaft to TDC for cylinder 1
  15. Fit the camshaft locking pin
  16. Fit the camshaft locking pin
  17. Fit the flywheel locking tool
  18. Loosen the crankshaft pulley centre bolt
  19. Loosen the tensioner pulley, keeping it steady with an Allen key
  20. Loosen the tensioner pulley bolt
  21. Remove the timing belt

Installation and checks

  1. Fit the timing belt onto the camshaft gearwheel
  2. Remove the alignment tool
  3. Check the position
  4. Align the marks on the tensioner and backplate
  5. Tighten the tensioner pulley bolt
  6. Fit the crankshaft pulley together with the sensor ring
  7. Turn the tensioner pulley clockwise until the pointer is positioned as shown
  8. Check the position
  9. Tighten the tensioner pulley bolt
  10. Tighten the crankshaft pulley
  11. Stage 1:
  12. Stage 2:
  13. Remove the special tools
  14. Refit the intercooler air duct
  15. Refit the pulley cover
  16. Refit the timing belt upper cover
  17. Reconnect the wiring loom to the timing belt cover
  18. Refit the engine speed sensor
  19. Refit the fuel priming pump and bracket
  20. Reconnect the fuel feed and return lines
  21. Refit or renew the cables
  22. Refit the fuse box cover
  23. Refit the air duct
  24. Refit the noise insulation cover
  25. Refit the wiper arms and wiper cover panel
  26. Fit the ancillary drive belt
  27. Refit the engine lower covers
  28. Refit the inner wing splash guard
  29. Refit the front right wheel
  30. Lower the vehicle
  31. Reconnect the battery
  32. Refit the engine upper cover

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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.