jokila
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You can totally do it with tensioner in place. There is no reason to have to remove it. That would make things much harder and unnecessarily way more work.Yes I know this is a 5 year old post, but I want know- Were you able to do this with the tensioner in situ? I would think anyone who is very familiar with the belt replace procedure might be able to do this, but for most of us who have only done 1 or 2, I'd recommend following the final steps of the procedure. Cam locked, crank locked pump pinned, tension with pulleys freewheel.
Once the tensioner is loosened and rotated counter clockwise to its loosest position, the cam sprocket is removed and belt stays in place. At that point, the IP sprocket comes off and IP removed. There is plenty of slack in the belt to get the IP back in place and redo the timing belt tensioning procedure. Setting the tensioner is a bit more to deal with since the motor mount bracket is in place, but other than that, easy sailing.