Toyota 3S-FSE cam belt change

gammelvind, Jun 11, 10:22am
I usually change all my own cambelts, can find manuals on the 3S-FE engine but not the FSE. Does anyone know if the cambelt removal is the same or are they very different engines!Any hints that you may have would be appreciated. The engine is in a 1998 Toyota Nadia D4 Auto.

for_an_angel, Jun 11, 11:02am
All most the same but the tensioner is hydrolic. Get a new one as they are hard to reset and if the old one fails these engines do bend valves.

The timing marks are not the same for the cam pulley and the cam has two different marks. One lines up TDC the other mark on the pulley lines up the best way to bend two valves so mark all pulleys before removing the belt.

gammelvind, Jun 1, 5:18pm
Cheers thanks for that, always do mark the the pulleys just as a back up in case I can't find all the marks, bit of belt and braces as I have been caught out in the past.