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Timing belt replacement: 3 (BK) Belt RF — MAZDA

Timing belt replacement — 3 (BK) Belt RF on Mazda: 65 steps, engines RF. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

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

65 steps 1 engine code

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 2.0, CITD

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

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  • Always check the timing marks before timing belt removal

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

RF

📐 46 workshop diagrams for RF

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

3 (BK) Belt RF — RF · diagram 1
3 (BK) Belt RF — RF · diagram 2
3 (BK) Belt RF — RF · diagram 3
3 (BK) Belt RF — RF · diagram 4
3 (BK) Belt RF — RF · diagram 5
3 (BK) Belt RF — RF · diagram 6
3 (BK) Belt RF — RF · diagram 7
3 (BK) Belt RF — RF · diagram 8
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📋 Procedure

Preparation and removal

  1. Always check the timing marks before timing belt removal
  2. Unless otherwise advised by the manufacturer, the following procedures are recommended:
  3. Lock the injection pump gearwheel
  4. Remove the air filter housing
  5. Remove the timing belt upper cover
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  1. Remove the timing belt guide plates
  2. Remove the crankshaft position sensor
  3. Check the tensioner and idler pulleys; renew if necessary
  4. Measure the protrusion of the tensioner push rod from the housing end
  5. Renew if the measurements are outside the specified value/range
  6. Compress the tensioner
  7. The force needed should be approximately (N)
  8. Renew if the measurements are outside the specified value/range
  9. Lock the tensioner; use a locking pin

Installation and checks

  1. Timing cover
  2. Fit the timing belt anti-clockwise, starting at the crankshaft gearwheel
  3. Fit the locked tensioner
  4. Remove the locking pin
  5. Turn the crankshaft two rotations by hand
  6. Check the timing marks again
  7. Refit the timing belt guide plates
  8. Fit the timing belt lower cover
  9. Refit the crankshaft pulley
  10. Tighten the bolts
  11. Refit the engine mount
  12. Refit the timing belt upper cover
  13. Replace the fluids
  14. Refit the cylinder head cover
Workshop diagrams

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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.