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F8Q F9Q with Lucas or Bosch pump timing — RENAULT

F8Q F9Q with Lucas or Bosch pump timing on Renault: 57 steps, engines F8Q-630, F8Q-662, F9Q-722, F9Q-780.

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

57 steps 5 engine codes

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 1.9, D, |, DTI

  • Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
  • Special tools named: dial gauge, locking tool

Don't miss

  • Never dismantle the injection pump gearwheel
  • The special tool must remain in position

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

F8Q-630F8Q-662F9Q-722F9Q-780F9Q-782

📋 Procedure

Preparation and removal

  1. Never dismantle the injection pump gearwheel
  2. Remove the fuel line(s)
  3. Fit the special tools
  4. At BDC the dial gauge should be set to zero
  5. If the engine is turned 1 revolution, at BDC the dial gauge should read zero
F8Q-630? Steps differ between engine variants — check this job against your exact car before you commit to it. Check my car — free →
  1. Check the camshaft timing marks
  2. Lock the crankshaft
  3. Check the injection pump timing
  4. Remove the injection pump gearwheel cover
  5. Lock the injection pump gearwheel
  6. Use a special tool:
  7. Loosen the injection pump bolt slightly
  8. Use a special tool:
  9. Note: Left-hand thread
  10. The flange should be able to rotate

Installation and checks

  1. Adjust if necessary
  2. Type 2:
  3. Fit the special tool
  4. Align the camshaft timing marks
  5. Lock the crankshaft
  6. Use a special tool:
  7. Check the injection pump timing
  8. Set the injection pump timing
  9. Remove the crankshaft locking tool
  10. Fit the special tool
  11. Turn the tool and the flange; the 3 lugs should engage
  12. Turn the gearwheel clockwise to its lock
  13. The gearwheel is now in the correct position to start the timing of the pump
  14. Remove the injection pump locking tool
  15. Align the camshaft timing marks
  16. Lock the crankshaft
  17. Use the special tool to turn the injection pump anti-clockwise and set the correct value
  18. If the value is exceeded, turn 2 rotations clockwise and start again
  19. Use the special tool
  20. The special tool must remain in position
  21. Tighten the injection pump gearwheel
  22. Note: Left-hand thread
  23. The gauge should not move
  24. Fit the injection pump gearwheel locking tool
  25. Tighten the injection pump gearwheel
  26. Remove all the locking tools
  27. Turn the crankshaft clockwise
  28. 2 turns
  29. Check the injection pump timing

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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.