Toyota timing chain tensioner replacement

[@isaiastapiabermudez]

I watched other videos about how this is done. You were the only one explaining in detail how to turn the crank manually. Great video, and great friendly person.

[@marcoalvarez852]

Thank you so much. My car had a rattling coming from the timing chain and had a massive oil leak in the tensioner. I followed this video step by step and it went perfectly. No noise and no leak. Thank youuuuuu!!!!!

[@ToyotaMaintenance]

Awesome !

[@jorgeguerra6749]

How much miles did your car have?

[@marcoalvarez852]

@@jorgeguerra6749 220k miles. Thank youu

[@diavolow9]

Im planning on doing this this weekend mine has 120 thousand miles and it only rattles when i started in the morning what it heats up it stops hope this is the problem.

[@bullisht1443]

@@diavolow9 did it stop the problem?

[@genericusername1365]

Thanks again for your positive and friendly disposition (along with the explanation of this procedure).

[@ToyotaMaintenance]

you are welcome

[@ronkey4796]

Perfect explain and not idiot loud background music. Thanks!!!!!

[@x1warrior1x85]

i have a pontiac vibe 304,000 miles on the 2zz-ge, a massive oil leak just came about from the tensioner. thank you for the inciteful video

[@ferdinandtorres3930]

This is a great video. Great demeanor in explaining points. I watched another video on this and they never mentioned turning the engine manually BEFORE you start it.

[@butthymen7444]

First of your videos I've seen, I'm subscribing. You were thorough and well-paced... As a bonus, you avoided all of the unnecessary droning, tangential commentary, and self-promotive arrogance that too often exists and just bogs down, if it doesn't outright displace, the otherwise similarly informative content of far too many of your KZbin peers... Thanks for communicating in an accessible, linear way... I wish more of your KZbin-mechanic peers would adopt similar approaches, but either way many thanks, much appreciation

[@genetixx01]

Best tutorial I have seen about this replacement. I used it for my Pontiac Vibe. Thanks a lot.

[@blaisesmyke9627]

This was the best explained video of this process on KZbin. Thank you sir!

[@ToyotaMaintenance]

You are very welcome

[@chloeleedow7250]

Thanks for all the corolla videos as an owner of a corolla I've learned a lot from your videos and saved some money. You seem like a lovely genuine guy would feel very happy and confident if you were my mechanic that I was getting honest work done 😊

[@drtime]

Very clear concise instructions. I was expecting to have to take this to a mechanic but now I’m sure I can do it myself. Thank you so much!

[@anthonymarvan3766]

Thank you sir for posting this. This successfully fixed an oil leak at the timing chain tensioner on my 2005 Toyota Matrix XR. Great video and information. Other videos showed the belt tensioner having to be loosend. That is not the case like you said except for the higher performance Yamaha engine. Took me less than 15 minutes to change out and saved me lots of money versus taking to a dealership or mechanic. Thanks for what you do!

[@dmitriych.704]

Thanks to people who do really helpful videos.I just get tensioner replaced.

[@delanemarsh5637]

thank you so much for this video, the mechanic was going to charge me so much, but I understand exactly how to do it thanks to your clear instructions and can do it myself!

[@NoahBroome]

once again, thank you so much for posting these!

[@Starman-yt8lj]

Thanks so much for this! Changed the tensioner on my son’s 2006 Corolla yesterday.

[@emmanuelmeyermeyer1083]

Great video! Thanks for the detail and the tip about removing the tensioner to remove the timing chain tensioner.

[@adanarceo4636]

Thanks a lot mr, I appreciate the you spent making this video to help others including my self, like and subscribe 👍

[@antoniosilveira3660]

I heard it being mentioned by someone else on another video, u have to turn it clockwise manually, I think it’s when u turn it the chain stretches over the guide and the guide pushes against the tensioner and it backs out just enough for the hook to fall down

[@GihanTimantha]

Can we turn the alternator bolt instead of the crank bolt? It will some good turns as the alternator pulley is small?

[@KrazyKramer]

@@GihanTimantha little late I'm sure but turning the alternator won't turn the crank

[@ajcates1701]

Turning the alternator WILL turn the crank as long as the belt is installed

[@MS-fs5xu]

Thank you for the video! Super helpful!! Please make a 2zz vibe video version :)

[@SANTHER001]

Awesome job explaining how to do this work. I found the answers to all my questions on this video. Thank you so much for your help. Great job!

[@СтефанЙорданов-с6з]

Very useful video. I want to add that I replaced my Celica (2zz-ge) tensioner by unscrewing the two v-belt tensioner spring bolts instead of unscrewing the third large bolt that holds the v-belt tensioner itself because I failed to do so unscrew.

[@ToyotaMaintenance]

yes, large bolt is very tight

[@jaimedelrosario593]

How did you remove the timing chain tensioner with moving the bracket?

[@СтефанЙорданов-с6з]

@@jaimedelrosario593 I unscrewed the V-belt tensioner bolt, then unscrewed the 2 small nuts that hold the chain tensioner. This is because the V-belt tensioner prevents the chain tensioner from coming out (at least on the 2ZZ-GE)

[@marsinbako8491]

Thanks peter I did my car today just followed your video specifically the last one unclicking part your the man.👍

[@desmondhines8412]

Awesome and thank you.. your detailed and easy to understand technical breakdown will help make mine much easier to replace

[@vincenzovinci7838]

verrrry verry helpfull and realy like your personality and the way it was explained thank you so much

[@draxus1266]

Hellow Bro! I really need to watch this carefuly, our 2002 corolla 1.6 had the same issue. Thanks for sharing!

[@ToyotaMaintenance]

you are welcome

[@slybunda]

excellent video. thankyou for the tip on the 2zz-ge engine.

[@fieldsofomagh]

Handy release system----no prodding with small drill bit !! Job well done.

[@ToyotaMaintenance]

thanks

[@escargotomy]

Thank you for information! Very useful and well explained.

[@joebaker4195]

Do the latest versions of this tensioner not have the O-ring? The part # 13540-0T020 appears to be without an O-ring but still requires the gasket from what I can tell.

[@Fu3R4]

Thank you. I have to do this to my 06 corolla so this helps immensely.

[@boydmerriman]

Very straight forward. Simple. So why are charges of over a thousand dollars to do a fifteen minute job? I looked up prices for a replacement.

[@skippmclovan1135]

Thank you very much indeed. This is great usable easy to follow information. Very much appreciated!! : )

[@davidknibbs9646]

How do you know if it is BAD, Is there a noise?

[@redbird4481]

Thanx muchissimo, Sir!! You're Toyota Maintenance vids are very helpful :-)

[@lionelthomas609]

Absolutely brilliantly explained and shown. thank you so much.

[@singhsarabjit]

Hello Sir, Thank you very much for this video. I followed steps, Put chain on all the timing marks. But when I turn engine by hand, Yes I turned engine 5-6 times but still chain marked links are matching, did I do something wrong? engine run fine after I put back together but it does through code P0017. Please advice. Thank you very much!!!

[@abiboocock276]

Hey, what ended up happening to fix it? I have the same issue

[@singhsarabjit]

@@abiboocock276 Customer sold car as it is.

[@hawaiioutdoors]

Toyota Gods do exist

[@Wingman-yl3qq]

Excellent video bro. I do have to say though my favorite part hands down was “DEEZ NUTZ” !!

[@randalhill6283]

Just got finished doing this and it was as easy as you made it seem

[@ashikchesust]

Thanks. Changed the tensioner. During acceleration engine gets very loud. Still the same.😢

[@mohan99ful]

Thanks,that was a good step by step instructions.

[@Clearanceman2]

On the 2009-2013 you said turn it counterclockwise for just a fraction before going clockwise.

[@classicclinic]

Great video and communication. Very thorough! Subscribed and shared. Thankyou !

[@lincolnw66]

Your video was extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@deejayforward7336]

Thanks for your video! Working great! Next step: valve cover gasket!

[@sassmafrass]

Hello, your instructions were very, very clear! However, I am not at all experienced in doing repairs or replacements myself, and would rather have an expert do it. What kind of price should I expect to pay to have the timing chain tensioner replaced...? The Toyota dealership I've been going to for services since my 2006 Corolla was purchased quoted me $1,600. Which seems exorbitant to me for something that appears to be a 2-3 hour job maximum, and a part that costs about $20-30.

[@snutmeez]

I took the valve cover off, replaced the tensioner from the top. It was easy, took 45min on a 2az-fe

[@chongdaongam235]

Your are provided the best detail. Thanks.

[@fransiennortje8821]

Thanks for a good explanation with your video, good stuff.

[@thatguyjaay1684]

ive heard we are supposed to release tension on the pulleys and then do a clock wise and counter clock wise method on the pulleys after install

[@zombitroid84]

This really helped me out on my Corolla 2013 (trim = base), I just completed this entire operation. Going to make a YT video on where the engine crank is, because I couldn't find this information posted online. Other than that, everything worked fine (car runs, no leak!). Thanks Toyota Maintenance!

[@andykokes5690]

Nice, clear, and helpful video. Thanks.

[@leonardwillett5221]

Does the #1 piston need to be a top dead center when replacing this tensioner? I am having difficulty getting the new tensioner to slide in far enough to get the retaining nuts to go back on. I have the tensioner piston compressed and retained by the small latch.

[@juliosdiy3206]

Nice this is how to replace tentioner and positioning wow save alot of money and engine maintenance!

[@crz666]

Thank you. Great video and showing last part👍👍

[@YotaCaveGarage]

Did you pull the spark plugs before you rotated the crank to engage the chain tensioner?

[@user-ne3ze4zz7r]

Thanks Peter! I have a small timing chain tensioner leak on my 04 matrix and I wanna replace it. 1zz :)

[@johnrambo0369]

Hello Sir, great video. Do you have to drain the oil from the engine first?

[@zombitroid84]

So I did this on my toyota corolla and sealed the tensioner using permatek gasket maker and it is still seaping oil! Did I not use enough gasket maker? I feel like I used a lot of permatek. Its not a crazy amount of oil, and to be fair this solution did prevent the leaking for probably 3-4 months. But the small leakage is back again!

[@jasoncai3122]

I remember many video say counter clockwise and your another video shows that way too but this time you say clockwise to release tensioner? Confused, might be my poor English. Hope you do more instead of talking only. Thanka

[@Teknakill]

Simple tip, use a wrench that doesn't ratchet so you can hear the clicking much easier and don't sneeze and unplug the telephone.

[@MrAlaa747]

Thanks a lot Thats exactly what Im looking for

[@JoeFriday-h9n]

Turn it clockwise or counterclockwise to release hook? Thanks

[@jesseserrano6520]

Great video So the pin stays in and automatically releases itself when turning the crank over 2-3 times over. No need to remove pin no more??

[@rhodellabasan1441]

Hello, I am from the Philippines and I watched your video, it's clearly detailed I just want to know better where to locate the crank bolt 19mm to release the tensioner.

[@gleysercuritiba452]

OLÁ, ESTOU TENDO UMA DOR DE CABEÇA COM O MEU… EU ATÉ TROQUEI POR UMA OUTRA PEÇA E MESMO AINDA CONTINUA TENDO VAZAMENTO, E NÃO SEI MAIS O QUE FAZER. VC PODE ME AJUDAR?

[@Clearanceman2]

Mine 2009 corolla has 115000 miles and a leak at the tensioner. I'm going to change the tensioner when I do the gasket. I'm going to use the updated model tensioner. The one on there is almost certainly original.

[@NyukiMpole]

A wonderful demonstration!!

[@dipu827]

Hello sir, which way is better access to the tensioner, top or bottom? Mine is 2002 Celica/Yamaha. Thanks in advance and thanks for the very detail video.

[@David-hs6je]

Great video. Thanks toyota tensioner. I did it successfully 6 month and everything worked perfect. But, apparently the new tensioner o-ring now have started leaking. I just remove the oring with a good one, i turn tha crank manually and I heard the click than i tried to turn the engine on after i cranked the starter 2 to 3 time the engine was blocked. I removed the tensioner again I saw it was armed correct. I put it back but now it is impossible to turn the crank manually it seems that engine is stuck somehow. if you know what might have cause this, please reply to this comment. I really will appreciate you help. Thank you.

[@L35inColorado]

Thank you! This is a great video!

[@tito10301]

great video do you need to replace the chain as well or just the tensioner is enough?

[@ireman72]

Thank you an awesome video.

[@Nguyen-d3f]

Hi sir May I ask is it OK to use the old tensioner and buy new washer only to replace, dealership part are very expensive now

[@metrork1]

Is there a right way and or a wrong way of installing the tensioner backwards causing the tensioner not to engage properly?

[@poitevienphilip]

good video friend, one question, we do it as you say, it doesn't matter how the chain tensioner comes out if it goes in or out of the bushing

[@gonzosc1]

the part where you turn the crank to release/set the tensioner after install,,, do you know if that's the same for the 2az fe Toyota motor???

[@1985albertovasquez]

Gracias amigo por su excelente explicación, saludos desde Venezuela.

[@owensong5269]

Great video, and great friendly person.

[@mohameddada2580]

Hie,thx for showing how to release the hook,my rav 4 has the same tentioner and releasing the hook was so easy,thx again.

[@poitevienphilip]

good video, a question friend, first you place the tensioner with the bushing closed and then when it is already placed you turn the shock absorber clockwise. until the bushing relaxes on the chain? I have seen videos that first give the opposite direction to the clock hands and then they give the right direction to the clock hands, can you clarify that doubt for me?

[@lobdsk]

Don’t you have to put your crankshaft to TDC before removing the tensioner?

[@litemup50]

Thank you sir! I really appreciate it!

[@semirm8248]

I thought you said to turn the crank counter clockwise I another video you mentioned that.

[@daviddaniels6645]

Love the video very easy to understand. I have a 08 I'm working on has no compression on any cylinder. Friend said it ran poorly and then wouldn't start. Timing chain feels lose, I think the chain jumped some teeth... I can't find a video on timing chain replacement or how to get it in time. Wish you had a guide made, cause I feel like it would be a good one.

[@pyro_p5999]

Peter Finn

[@michaelstoltz58]

I'm going to replace mine. It mite be the leak. I'm also going to carefully probe with a screwdriver and see if I can feel how much play there is in the chain. Maybe a magnet will work also. Just can't drop it inside. Chain should be steel and catch it on the side.

[@bimbi654]

Will this work on my 2012 ct200h? The tensioner looks exactly the same. I am very mechanical but some guy told me I had to take the valve cover and check some points here ans there. I think he was scaring me so I ask how much he would charge me. He told me 700 dollars. I think I was pulling leg after seing you video.

[@TheProchargedmopar]

What actually causes the tensioner clip to release????

[@KrazyKramer]

You still waiting to know? I was wondering that too so I'm not going to ask since you're still sitting there drinking coffee ☕🤣

[@TheProchargedmopar]

@@KrazyKramer I figured it out and fixed the car, then forgot already. 😆 Now I have another car that it is released and not tensioning. Doh!

[@downtherabbitholewithtenne6030]

The 2zfe I am working on didn't have an o ring. I'm replacing it anyway its at 184k miles.

[@Filantropo7]

Excellent video!!! Thanks for your help..😁🙏

[@CardoShaqlaway]

My toyota rav 4 2010 make sound in the morning when I start should i change timing chain tensioner . Thank u

[@picoliciousartistry]

Great video, thanks for your help!!!

[@cwilczak8706]

It seemed that you crank over that engine easily. I would have thought that there would be some compression holdback. Did you remove the spark plugs to make it easier?

[@CollegeRecruitsNW]

Bravo! Well done, thanks for that tip!

[@mysticblue3387]

Another good video by you sir thanks! Does a 2007 scion Tc have one of these tentioner?

[@tonflo1]

I have an '05 Corolla XRS w/ 2ZZ motor. Have developed the oil leak. Dealer is saying 7-8 hrs to do this job because they have to take all the ancillaries off the front end of motor to get the timing cover off to change the tensioner. $900-$1000 & $45 for tensioner. Is this really such a simple, quick job? Assuming I can get access to see what the heck I am doing. And assuming I can get the serpentine tensioner bolt broken loose & the tensioner moved clear. Does the tensioner bolt into the block or the head? Trying to figure out where I need to look. Thank you

[@avutin7453]

How can we be sure the timing chain did NOT jump before the tensioner clicked/engaged (fully)?

[@albinandersson3767]

Remove the valvecover and release the tensioner manually from the inside with a flathead screwdriver (careful not to drop anything inside though). And dont forget to order a new valvecover gasket.This method might be good to use on cars with a lot of milage but still no chainrattle.

[@KrazyKramer]

I have a 2013 Corolla and when i first take off i hear what sounds like a chain rattle for about 1 second. Does this sound like the tensioner? Usually when cold. 1.8 engine. Also, would just be the same procedure on a 2013 Corolla?

[@chrispapanastasopoulos9192]

It's most likely the vvti cam gear. The lock pin is not locking it due to weak spring. My 2010 Pontiac Vibe with the Toyota 1.8 does the same.

[@rachidkiwi5798]

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