Charade 1.3 16V, SG, TX, CX 16V HC, HC-E — DAIHATSU
Charade 1.3 16V, SG, TX, CX 16V HC, HC-E on Daihatsu: 36 steps, engines HC-C, HC-E, HE-E. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for DAIHATSU — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 1.3, 16V, |, 4WD, 1.3I, 1.5I
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
📋 Procedure
- Check the timing marks
- Unless otherwise advised by the manufacturer, the following procedures are recommended:
- Turn the engine 1.9 rotations by hand
- Loosen the tensioner
- Align the timing marks
- Disconnect the engine support (cylinder head)
- Remove the ancillary drive belts
- Remove the coolant pump pulley
- Check the timing marks again
- Remove the timing belt cover
- Align the timing marks
- Loosen the tensioner
- Turn the tensioner backwards
- Tighten the tensioner
- Remove the timing belt
Other DAIHATSU procedures
- Daihatsu Copen K3-VE timing chain replacement
- Daihatsu Copen JB-DET timing chain replacement
- Daihatsu Trevis 1.0 DVVT 06 > EJ-VE timing belt replacement
- Daihatsu Copen Cyl Head JB-DET radiator removal
- Daihatsu EJ-DE timing belt replacement
- Daihatsu EJ-VE water pump replacement
- Copen K3-VE Cyl Head removal
- Daihatsu Applause Mee bezig HD-E timing belt replacement
- Daihatsu Hijet HC-ES timing belt replacement
- Daihatsu Cuore 1.0 DOHC 98 > 03 EJ-DE 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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