High pressure fuel pump timing. 1.5 dci Nissan Micra 2003

[poobear2]

A quick one to all you good folk.
Before I start to replace water pump and broken camshaft/timing belt on a 1.5dci 2003 plate Nissan Micra.

Does any know if the High pressure fuel pump has to be timed to anything. I know some diesel engines do and others not.

I'm thinking that as this is a common rail high pressure fuel pump unit. It just stays put where it is and supplies constant pressure 1000-2000 bars to common rail fuel rail that acts as a fuel acumaltor. And injectors open as and when ECU tells them from cam sensor/crank sensor. Just the usual timing to TDC is all thats required for the belt.

If anybody has done this before please advise.

 

[frank]

broken belt poobear ?? any damage ? and the pump looks timed to me

 

[poobear2]

Yes water pump pulley seized. Some of the valves damaged. There is resistance when turning the crank.

 

[frank]

best to source another engine then surely ?

 

[poobear2]

Did that one with our K11. The k12 engines aren't cheap to source. I think the best route may be to sell off as spares and put money towards a live one.