Yaris 2005/2011 1NR-FE — TOYOTA
Yaris 2005/2011 1NR-FE on Toyota: 11 steps, engines 1NR-FE. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for TOYOTA — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 1.33, 16V, |, VVT-I
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Special tools named: locking pin
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
- Remove the engine upper cover
- Remove the air inlet duct
- Turn the tensioner anti-clockwise to release the tension
- Lock the tensioner; use a locking pin
- Fit the ancillary drive belt
- Turn the tensioner anti-clockwise to release the tension
- Remove the locking pin
- Release the tensioner pulley
- Refit the air inlet duct
- Refit the engine upper cover
Other TOYOTA procedures
- Toyota Auris 1NR-FE gearbox removal & installation
- Toyota Yaris 2005 1NR-FE gearbox removal & installation
- Toyota Yaris 2011 1NR-FE timing chain replacement
- Toyota Avensis 1AZ-FE timing chain replacement
- Toyota 1AZ-FE timing chain replacement
- Toyota VVTi timing chain replacement
- Toyota Avensis 2003 &2001 1AZ-FE timing chain replacement
- Toyota Avensis 2003 1AZ-FSE timing chain replacement
- Toyota Yaris 2005 1.0 1KR-FE gearbox removal & installation
- Toyota Yaris 2005 2ZR-FE timing chain replacement
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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The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.