807 EW12J4 std — PEUGEOT
807 EW12J4 std on Peugeot: 77 steps, engines EW12J4(3FZ). 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 2.2, 16V
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Special tools named: locking pin, locking tool
Don't miss
- Never turn the engine in the direction opposite to that of normal operation
- Caution! Never turn the tensioner 360°
- If the tensioner marker does not reach the position shown (arrow), the tensioner pulley must be renewed
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Crankshaft locking pin:
- Tensioner locking tool:
- Counterhold tool:
- Never turn the engine in the direction opposite to that of normal operation
- If the crankshaft locking pin does not fit, refer to procedure at installation
- Loosen the tensioner pulley bolt
- Fit the crankshaft locking pin
- Remove the timing belt
- Loosen the centre bolt of the crankshaft gearwheel/vibration damper
- 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
- Refit the tensioner
- Caution! Never turn the tensioner 360°
- Note: Avoid bending, torsion or traction
- Note: If the tensioner marker does not reach the position shown (arrow), the tensioner pulley must be renewed
- Tighten the tensioner bolt finger-tight
- Remove the crankshaft locking pin
- Turn the tensioner clockwise until there is slight contact with the pin
- Check that the position is correct as shown
- Tighten the tensioner
- Repeat the procedure if required
- Fit the crankshaft locking pin
- Rotate the crankshaft clockwise by 10 turns
- 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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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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