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Ancillary belt F8Q F9Q — RENAULT

Ancillary belt F8Q F9Q on Renault: 11 steps, engines F8Q-630, F8Q-632, F8Q-662, F9Q-722. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

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

11 steps 8 engine codes

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 1.9, D, |, DTI, DCI, RX4

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  • The engine must be cold
  • Ensure the belt is level with the front of the pulley

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📋 Procedure

  1. Check the tension with a tension gauge
  2. Note: The engine must be cold
  3. Note: Ensure the belt is level with the front of the pulley
  4. Tension the belt
  5. The tension is set when the tension gauge indicates a value of:
F8Q-630? Steps differ between engine variants — check this job against your exact car before you commit to it. Check my car — free →
  1. Vehicles with air conditioning:
  2. Vehicles without power steering and air conditioning:
  3. Vehicles with power steering:
  4. or:
  5. Vehicles with power steering and air conditioning:
  6. with automatic tensioner

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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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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.