Timing chain replacement: KIA Cee'd 1.4, 1.6 (G4FA, G4FA-4, G4FA-5, G4FA-L, …)
Step-by-step timing chain replacement for the KIA Cee'd 1.4, 1.6: 97 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for KIA — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 1.4, 16V, |, 1.6, CVVT
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Special tools named: locking pin, locking tool
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Oil seal fitting tool:
- Renew the seals
- Loosen the alternator bolts
- Remove the front right wheel
- Disconnect the engine earth connection
- Engine mounting bracket
- Remove the engine mounting bracket
- Note: Use a trolley jack to support the engine
- Use the special tool
- Remove the starter motor
- Remove the coolant pump
- Disconnect the breather hose
- Remove the ignition coils
- Remove the engine lower cover
- Remove the timing chain cover
- Apply alignment marks to the timing chain links
- Lock the tensioner; use a locking pin
- Remove the timing chain
Installation and checks
- Refit the chain guide rail
- Camshaft gearwheel
- Fit the timing chain
- Installation sequence:
- Note: Apply sealant before fitting
- Fit the timing chain case oil seal
- Fit the crankshaft pulley
- Remove the flywheel locking tool
- Refit the starter motor
- Refit the front right wheel
- Refit the cylinder head cover
- Turn the crankshaft clockwise to align the timing marks
- Refit and connect the ignition coils
- Reconnect the positive crankcase ventilation hose
- Align the camshaft timing marks
- Fit the coolant pump
- Renew the gasket
- Refit the coolant pump pulley
- Refit the alternator bracket
- Refit the engine mounting bracket
- Note: Use a trolley jack to support the engine
- Refit the alternator
- Refit the ancillary drive belt
- New belt:
- Used belt:
- Turn the bolt to tension the belt
- Refit the engine upper cover(s)
- Reconnect the battery
Other KIA procedures
- KIA Picanto 1.1 D3FA timing chain replacement
- KIA Rio 1.5 D4FA timing chain replacement
- KIA Carens06 2.0 G4KA timing chain replacement
- KIA Cee'd 1.6 CRDi D4FB/D4FB-L timing chain replacement
- KIA Cerato 1.6 CRDi D4FB timing chain replacement
- KIA Sorento 2.5 CRDI VGT 2007 D4CB timing chain replacement
- KIA Sorento 3.3 V6 G6DB timing chain replacement
- KIA Cee'd 1.5 CRDi D4FA timing chain replacement
- KIA Cerato 1.6 G4FC timing chain replacement
- KIA Venga 1.6 G4FC timing chain 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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