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Timing chain replacement: Hyundai i10 1.1 (D3FA)

Step-by-step timing chain replacement for the Hyundai i10 1.1 (D3FA): 95 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

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

95 steps 1 engine code

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 1.1, CRDI

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

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  • If the timing chain is to be re-used, mark the running direction before removal
  • With the coloured link(s) in line with the punched mark(s) on the gearwheel(s)

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

D3FA

📐 93 workshop diagrams for D3FA

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

i10 1.1 Diesel Chain — D3FA · diagram 1
i10 1.1 Diesel Chain — D3FA · diagram 2
i10 1.1 Diesel Chain — D3FA · diagram 3
i10 1.1 Diesel Chain — D3FA · diagram 4
i10 1.1 Diesel Chain — D3FA · diagram 5
i10 1.1 Diesel Chain — D3FA · diagram 6
i10 1.1 Diesel Chain — D3FA · diagram 7
i10 1.1 Diesel Chain — D3FA · diagram 8
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📋 Procedure

Preparation and removal

  1. Oil seal fitting tool:
  2. Disconnect the battery
  3. Camshaft gearwheel
  4. If the timing chain is to be re-used, mark the running direction before removal
  5. Remove the valve cover
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  1. Support the engine
  2. Remove the idler pulleys
  3. Align the timing marks on the crankshaft pulley and timing cover
  4. Remove the starter motor
  5. Fit the flywheel locking tool
  6. Remove the plug
  7. Remove the high-pressure pump nut
  8. Turn the bolt clockwise until the high-pressure pump is pushed out
  9. Remove the timing chain cover
  10. Lock the tensioner; use a locking pin
  11. Remove the chain tensioner
  12. Remove the chain guide(s)
  13. Remove the chain tensioner
  14. Remove the chain guide(s)
  15. Remove the timing chain and gearwheels together

Installation and checks

  1. Refit the high-pressure pump gearwheel
  2. Fit the timing chain
  3. Installation sequence:
  4. With the coloured link(s) in line with the punched mark(s) on the gearwheel(s)
  5. Refit the chain guide(s)
  6. Fit the chain tensioner
  7. Fit the timing chain case oil seal
  8. Remove the flywheel locking tool
  9. Fit the ancillary drive belt tensioner
  10. Fit the idler pulleys
  11. Refit the coolant pump pulley
  12. Refit the alternator
  13. Refit the air-conditioning compressor
  14. Refit the valve cover
  15. Compress the tensioner
  16. Apply sealant
Workshop diagrams

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.