k12 engine removal

[k12broke]

Hello all, hope you can help

The daughter has a k12 with what appears to be the dreaded stretched timing chain it died and has been sat for a month and the bloody thing started first time and the fault has gone but not going to trust it so thought I would change it and be done with it.

Is there a guide to the engine removal, is it best to drop the lot out from under the car or take it out through the top ??

Thanks in advance

 

[Scott]

I would personally drop it out through the bottom and lift the car up and drag the engine out.

Are you 100% sure the chain is actually stretched and it hasnt just nackered a cam sensor and flagged the same fault code?

Fault codes are meant to erase after 24 hours of removing the battery, did you do that?

 

[k12broke]

I replaced the top cam sensor and got the code cleared, it ran for 2 days and threw up cam sensor fault again, it refused to be wiped clear, refused to start and was pushed into the garden where it sat for a month, the battery was not disconnected, it started first time and no fault, I would much sooner it not be the chain but the only option is buy either another cam sensor in case the replacement was faulty ( the packet it came in was open ) buy the bottom crank sensor incase there has been confusion over which sensor was at fault, seems odd that if it was a stretched chain why it would clear by its self ?

Can you get to the timing tensioner to check how far thats out to confirm if it is the chain before removing engine ??

Fault codes were cleared with a snap on solaris, well they were till it refused to put the light out and refused to start

 

[frank]

you,re best to remove the side cover and check the tensioner extension first eh (10mm or more means the chain is knackered eh fwn )

 

[k12broke]

side cover is this on the end of the engine where timing chain is, did have a quick look but nothing stood out, will go down to garage and remove that first and report back