How to Replace Timing Chain & Sprockets on Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX?

The procedure is similar for both ford and Lincoln car models:-----

The details to replace timing chain and sprockets are as follows:-------

Removal & Installation

NOTE

During engine repair procedures, cleanliness is extremely important. Any foreign material, including any material created while cleaning gasket surfaces, that enters the oil passages, coolant passages or the oil pan may cause engine failure.

1. Remove the engine front cover.
2. Rotate the crankshaft clockwise and align the timing marks on the Variable Camshaft Timing (VCT) assemblies.
   
   NOTE

   The special tool will hold the camshafts in the Top Dead Center (TDC) position.
3. Install the Camshaft Holding Tool onto the flats of the LH camshafts.
4. Install the Camshaft Holding Tool onto the flats of the RH camshafts.
5. Remove the 3 bolts and the RH VCT housing.
6. Remove the 3 bolts and the LH VCT housing.
7. Remove and discard the VCT housing seals.
   
   
   

   

   Fig. Removing the VCT housing seals
8. Remove the 2 bolts and the primary timing chain tensioner.
9. Remove the primary timing chain tensioner arm.
10. Remove the 2 bolts and the lower LH primary timing chain guide.
11. Remove the primary timing chain.
12. Remove the crankshaft timing chain sprocket.
    
    
    

    

    Fig. Removing the crankshaft timing chain sprocket
13. Remove the 2 bolts and the upper LH primary timing chain guide.
14. Compress the LH secondary timing chain tensioner and install a suitable lockpin to retain the tensioner in the collapsed position.
    
    NOTE

    The VCT bolt and the exhaust camshaft bolt must be discarded and new ones installed. However, the exhaust camshaft washer is reusable.
15. Remove and discard the LH VCT assembly bolt and the LH exhaust camshaft sprocket bolt. Remove the LH VCT assembly, secondary timing chain and the LH exhaust camshaft sprocket as an assembly.
    
    NOTE

    It is necessary to tilt the camshaft holding tool toward the rear of the engine to access the rearmost secondary timing chain tensioner bolt.
16. Remove the 2 bolts and the LH secondary timing chain tensioner.
17. Compress the RH secondary timing chain tensioner and install a suitable lockpin to retain the tensioner in the collapsed position.
    
    NOTE

    The VCT bolt and the exhaust camshaft bolt must be discarded and new ones installed. However, the exhaust camshaft washer is reusable.
18. Remove and discard the RH VCT assembly bolt and the RH exhaust camshaft sprocket bolt.
19. Remove the RH VCT assembly, secondary timing chain and the RH exhaust camshaft sprocket as an assembly.
    
    NOTE

    It is necessary to tilt the Camshaft Holding Tool toward the rear of the engine to access the rearmost secondary timing chain tensioner bolt.
20. Remove the 2 bolts and the RH secondary timing chain tensioner.
    
    
    

    

    Fig. Removing the 2 bolts and the RH secondary timing chain tensioner
21. Remove the 2 bolts and the RH primary timing chain guide.
    
    
    

    

    Fig. Removing the 2 bolts and the RH primary timing chain guide

To install:

1. Install the RH primary timing chain guide and the 2 bolts and tighten to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
   
   NOTE

   It is necessary to tilt the Camshaft Holding Tool toward the rear of the engine to access the rearmost secondary timing chain tensioner bolt.
2. Install the RH secondary timing chain tensioner and the 2 bolts and tighten to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
   
   NOTE

   It is necessary to tilt the Camshaft Holding Tool toward the rear of the engine to access the rearmost secondary timing chain tensioner bolt.
3. Install the RH secondary timing chain tensioner and the 2 bolts and tighten to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
4. Install the new VCT bolt and new exhaust camshaft bolt and the original washers. Tighten in 4 stages:
   1. Stage 1: Tighten to 30 ft. lbs. (40 Nm).
   2. Stage 2: Loosen one full turn.
   3. Stage 3: Tighten to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
   4. Stage 4: Tighten 90°
5. Remove the lockpin from the RH secondary timing chain tensioner.
   
   NOTE

   It is necessary to tilt the Camshaft Holding Tool toward the rear of the engine to access the rearmost secondary timing chain tensioner bolt.
6. Install the LH secondary timing chain tensioner and the 2 bolts and tighten to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
7. Assemble the LH VCT assembly, the LH exhaust camshaft sprocket and the LH secondary timing chain. Align the colored links with the timing marks.
8. Position the LH secondary timing assembly onto the camshafts.
9. Install the new VCT and the new exhaust camshaft bolt and the original washers. Tighten in 4 stages.
   1. Stage 1: Tighten to 30 ft. lbs. (40 Nm).
   2. Stage 2: Loosen one full turn.
   3. Stage 3: Tighten to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
   4. Stage 4: Tighten 90°
10. Remove the lockpin from the LH secondary timing chain tensioner.
11. Install the crankshaft timing chain sprocket.
12. Install the primary timing chain with the colored links aligned with the timing marks on the VCT assemblies and the crankshaft sprocket.
13. Install the upper LH primary timing chain guide and the 2 bolts and tighten to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
14. Install the lower LH primary timing chain guide and the 2 bolts. Tighten to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
15. Install the primary timing chain tensioner arm.
16. Reset the primary timing chain tensioner.
    1. Rotate the lever counterclockwise.
    2. Using a soft-jawed vise, compress the plunger.
    3. Align the hole in the lever with the hole in the tensioner housing.
    4. Install a suitable lockpin.
       
       NOTE

       It may be necessary to rotate the crankshaft slightly to remove slack from the timing chain and install the tensioner.
17. Install the primary tensioner and the 2 bolts. Tighten to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm). Remove the lockpin.
18. As a post-check, verify correct alignment of all timing marks.
19. Install new VCT housing seals.
    
    NOTE

    Make sure the dowels on the Variable Camshaft Timing (VCT) housing are fully engaged in the cylinder head prior to tightening the bolts. Failure to follow this process will result in severe engine damage.
20. Install the VCT housing and the 3 bolts. Tighten in the sequence shown to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
    
    
    

    

    Fig. Identifying the LH VCT housing tightening sequence
    
    
    
    

    

    Fig. Identifying the RH VCT housing tightening sequence
21. Install the engine front cover.

These details will help.

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