Alto G10BB — SUZUKI
Alto G10BB on Suzuki: 73 steps, engines G10BB. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for SUZUKI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 1.0I, 16V
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Coolant pump renewal is recommended after timing belt removal
- Disconnect the battery
- Remove the air filter outlet hose(s)
- Remove the plug from the inner wing splash guard
- Note: Avoid bending, torsion or traction
- Coolant pump pulley:
- All vehicles:
- Remove the coolant pump pulley
- Vehicles with air conditioning:
- Remove the ancillary drive belt
- Move the harness aside
- Remove the crankshaft gearwheel centre bolt
- Turn the crankshaft to TDC for cylinder 4
- Check the position of the crankshaft pulley
- Remove the timing belt tensioner
- Remove the timing belt
Installation and checks
- Tighten the tensioner bolt finger-tight
- Turn the crankshaft slightly to take up the belt slack
- Turn the crankshaft two rotations by hand
- Tighten the tensioner backplate bolt(s)
- Tighten the tensioner pulley bolt
- Check the timing marks again
- Refit the timing belt upper cover
- Tighten the crankshaft pulley centre bolt
- Refit the harness
- Refit the coolant pump pulley
- Refit the ancillary drive belt
- Vehicles with air conditioning:
- Refit the air-conditioning drive belt
- All vehicles:
- Refit the access plug
- Refit the flywheel inspection cover plate
- Refit the air filter
- Refit the air filter outlet hose(s)
- Reconnect the battery
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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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