Valve Guide Seal: Service and Repair

Valve stem seals, replacing
(with cylinder head installed)





Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
^ Adjustable rod 2036
^ Slide hammer 3047A
^ Spark plug wrench 3122B
^ Seal driver 3129
^ Assembly tool T10112
^ Torque wrench V.A.G1331

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required





^ Assembly lever VW541/1A
^ Thrust piece VW541 /5
^ Seal installer VW653/3

Removing
- Remove camshaft.
- Remove hydraulic lifters and place lifters with contact surface downward. When doing this ensure that lifters are not interchanged.
- Pull connectors off outer injectors.
- Disconnect spark plug connectors with assembly tool T10112.
- Remove spark plugs with spark plug wrench 3122B.
- Place piston of respective cylinder at "bottom dead center".





- Install adjustable rod 2036 and adjust mountings to height of studs.
- Screw seal installer VW653/3 into spark plug thread.
- Connect hose to compressed air source of at least 6 bar.
- Remove valve springs with assembly lever VW541/1A and thrust piece VW541/5.

Note:
^ Tight keepers can be loosened by tapping lightly on the assembly lever with a hammer.





- Pull off valve stem seals with 3047A.





Installing





- Place plastic sleeve - A - supplied on appropriate valve stem. This will prevent the new valve stem seal - B - being damaged.
- Place new valve stem seal in seal driver 3129.
- Oil valve stem seal sealing lip and press carefully onto valve guide.

The rest of the assembly is basically a reverse of the disassembly sequence.