307 EW10J4 — PEUGEOT
307 EW10J4 on Peugeot: 72 steps, engines EW10J4(RFN). What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for PEUGEOT — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 2.0, 16V, |, CC
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Special tools named: locking pin, locking tool
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- Always fit a new timing belt after removal
- Never turn the engine in the direction opposite to that of normal operation
- Caution! Never turn the tensioner 360°
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Camshaft locking pin:
- Unless otherwise advised by the manufacturer, the following procedures are recommended:
- Always fit a new timing belt after removal
- Never turn the engine in the direction opposite to that of normal operation
- Caution! Never turn the tensioner 360°
- Remove the ancillary drive belt
- Check the belt(s) for cracks, fraying, wear and oil contamination
- Note: Avoid bending, torsion or traction
- Turn the crankshaft until the locking tool fits
- Fit the crankshaft locking pin
- If the crankshaft locking pin does not fit, refer to procedure at installation
- Fit the pin
- Turn the tensioner clockwise until there is slight contact with the pin
- Remove the crankshaft pulley
- Tighten the tensioner
- Repeat the procedure if required
- Without disconnecting the system, place the power steering line aside
- Remove the timing belt lower cover
- Loosen the tensioner pulley bolt
- Remove the tensioner pulley
- Use a special tool to lock the crankshaft
- Position the crankshaft pulley flange at timing point, so the crankshaft locking pin can be fitted
Installation and checks
- Fit the clamp
- Fit the camshaft locking pins
- Fit the crankshaft locking pin
- Tighten the crankshaft gearwheel bolt
- Steel washer (coloured gold):
- Stage 1:
- Stage 2:
- Sintered washer (coloured metallic):
- Stage 1:
- Stage 2:
- Refit all other parts in the reverse order of removal
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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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