2.0L engines produced before mid-1995
It should be remembered that in auto repair shops a special device is used to check the belt tension. The belt tension check described below should be considered temporary. It is recommended to have the belt tension checked at a car repair shop later.
1. The mounting bolts that need to be loosened to tension the belt are marked in the illustration (A) and (B). First, loosen both bolts (A) and remove the bolts (B) at the bottom of the pump.
2. Now both nuts on the right and left of the tensioner are adjusted so that the belt is loosened, after which it is removed.
3. Put on the new V-belt and tighten it by turning the nuts on the left and right of the tensioner. The belt is tensioned so that its deflection under the pressure of a finger between two pulleys is 12-13 mm.
4. After completing the adjustment, tighten the tensioner nuts to 25 Nm. Tighten the remaining bolts to 25 Nm.
2.4L engines (until mid-1995)
1. These engines have the V-belt tensioner bolts in the location shown in the illustration.
2. If you have air conditioning, you must first remove the compressor drive belt.
Here, tension control is also carried out using a special device.
3. Loosen the tension bolts (A) and bolts (B) shown in the illustration. Loosen both nuts at the locations shown by the arrows until the belt is loose and remove it.
4. Put on a new belt and tighten it by adjusting the nuts shown by the arrow so that the belt deflection under the pressure of a finger between the two pulleys is 12-13 mm.
5. Tighten the adjusting nuts to a torque of 40 Nm, the pump mounting bolts to a torque of 25 Nm.
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