DW8 drivebelt — CITROEN
DW8 drivebelt on Citroen: 18 steps, engines DW8(WJZ), DW8B(WJY), DW8B/D(WJY). 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.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 1.9, D
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Special tools named: locking pin
📋 Procedure
- Check the tension with a tension gauge
- Vehicles without air conditioning:
- Loosen the bolts
- Fit the tension gauge
- The tension is set if the tension gauge indicates a value between:
- Vehicles with power steering:
- The tension is set if the tension gauge indicates a value between:
- Vehicles with air conditioning:
- New belt:
- Pre-tension the belt until the tension gauge indicates a value between:
- Run the engine
- Wait for 10 seconds
- Stop the engine
- The tension is set if the tension gauge indicates a value between:
- Used belt:
- Measure the tension before removal
- Vehicles with power steering and air conditioning:
- Lock the tensioner; use a locking pin
Other CITROEN procedures
- Peugeot 306 DW8/DW8B timing belt replacement
- Citroen Berlingo drive DW8/DW8B auxiliary belt replacement
- Citroen Xsara 1.9D DW8/DW8B timing belt replacement
- Peugeot 206 1.9D DW8/DW8B timing belt replacement
- Peugeot Expert 1.9D DW8/DW8B timing belt replacement
- Citroen DW10TD timing belt replacement
- Citroen DW10TD timing belt replacement
- Citroen Xantia non turbo 1.9 HDi XUD9A timing belt replacement
- Citroen Xantia turbo timing belt replacement
- Citroen EW10J4/EW7J4 timing belt replacement
Who makes these pages, and how
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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