The engine is coming apart, aux belt off etc, so also a chance to tidy up some other jobs.
When I changed the timing belt in 2015 I couldn't loosen the harmonic balance pulley, somehow I got the bottom plastic cover off (in pieces) but couldn't get a new one back on.
Now I have the right tool for the job - an electric impact wrench.
Car in gear, handbrake on and the bolt/pulley is removed.
Good amount of gunge sitting around the open bottom sprocket,
Cleaned up the muck and now much neater with the cover in place,
Pulley re-installed at around 115nm of torque - torque wrench to 112Nm (its maximum) followed by a good buzz with the impact wrench to make sure.
Much better and what I should have done the first time.
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