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Cylinder Head, Installing






Cylinder Head, Installing

Procedure

Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Cylinder Head Overview ] Cylinder Head Overview and => [ Cylinder Head, Tightening Specifications and Sequence ] Cylinder Head Overview.

The sealing surfaces could be damaged.

Carefully remove sealant residue from cylinder head and cylinder block.

Make sure that no long scrapes or scratches result.

Risk of damaging cylinder block.

No oil or coolant must be in the cylinder head bolt blind holes in the cylinder block.

Risk of leaks in cylinder head seal.

Carefully remove sealant residue from cylinder head and cylinder block. Make sure that no long scrapes or scratches result.

Carefully remove all grinding and sanding residue.

Only unpack new cylinder head gasket immediately prior to installation.

To prevent cylinder head seal silicone layer and recessed area from being damaged, always handle seal extremely carefully.

Risk of damaging open valves.

If a replacement cylinder is installed, only remove plastic base right before cylinder head is installed to protect open valves.

Risk of damaging valves and piston heads after working on valve train.

To ensure valves do not strike pistons when starting, carefully rotate engine at least 2 full revolutions.

Replace bolts which have been tightened to an additional torque.

Replace seals, gaskets and O-rings.

If a replacement cylinder is installed, the contact surfaces between the hydraulic adjusting elements, roller rocker levers and cam running surfaces must be lubricated before installing the cylinder head cover.

Secure all hose connections with hose clamps appropriate for the model, refer to the electronic parts catalog ETKA.

It is necessary to replace all the coolant and engine oil whenever the cylinder head or the cylinder head gasket are replaced.

- Check whether camshafts of both cylinder heads stand in "TDC" position.

Camshaft clamp (T40070) mounted on both cylinder heads and tightened to 25 Nm - arrows -.






TDC locking pin (T40227) installed.






The following illustrations show the left cylinder bank 2 instead.

- If there are no alignment bushings - arrows - at the locations marked in the cylinder block, insert them.






- Install the cylinder head gasket on the alignment bushings in the cylinder block.

Cylinder head seal installation position: Identification "oben" (top) or the cylinder head part number.

- Set cylinder head in place.

- Install the cylinder bolts all the way in by hand.

- Tighten the cylinder head bolts. Refer to => [ Cylinder Head, Tightening Specifications and Sequence ] Cylinder Head Overview.






There is no requirement to tighten the cylinder head bolts after repairs.

- Tighten the locking bolt - arrow -.






- Check if the guide rail for the camshaft timing chain tensioner is secured with the locking pin (T40071).






If the tensioning element was removed from the chain tensioner, then the installation position must be noted: Hole in housing floor faces toward chain tensioner, piston faces toward tensioning rail.

Ignore - arrow -.

- Clean the chain tensioner oil strainer - 2 -.






- Position a new seal - 3 - on the rear of the chain tensioner - 1 -.

- Insert the chain tensioner and position the camshaft timing chain as shown in the illustration.






- Fasten bolts - 1 - and - 2 -.

The rest of the installation is performed in reverse order of removal, noting the following:

- Install cylinder head cover. Refer to => [ Cylinder Head Cover ] Service and Repair

- Install the high pressure line and the intake manifold.

- Position the camshaft timing chain on the camshafts => [ Installing ] Camshaft Timing Chains, Removing from Camshafts.

- Install the timing chain covers. Refer to => [ Left Timing Chain Cover ] Left Timing Chain Cover or => [ Right Timing Chain Cover ] Right Timing Chain Cover.

- Change engine oil. Refer to Maintenance Procedures.

- Replace coolant => [ Filling ] Procedures.