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Valve Stem Seals With Cylinder Head Installed






Valve Stem Seals with Cylinder Head Installed

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Spark Plug Removal Tool (3122 B)

Valve Seal Removal Tool (3364)

Valve Stem Seal Driver (3365)

Valve Cotters Asm/Dis-Asm Device (VAS 5161) with Guide Plate for 2.0L FSI Engine (VAS 5161/19B)

Adapter (T40012)

Procedure

- Remove the camshafts. Refer to => [ Camshafts ] Service and Repair.

- Mark the allocation of the roller rocker lever and the hydraulic adjusting elements so they can be installed again.

- If necessary, remove the roller rocker levers with the hydraulic adjusting elements and place them on a clean surface.

- Remove spark plugs with (3122 B).

- Move piston for respective cylinder to "Bottom Dead Center (BDC) position".

- Place the (VAS 5161/19B) from the (VAS 5161) on the cylinder head.






- Secure the guide plate with the knurled screws (VAS 5161/12).

- Install the (T40012) with sealing ring in respective spark plug thread and hand tighten.






- Insert the drift (VAS 5161/3) in the guide plate and loosen the stuck valve retainers with a plastic mallet.

- Connect the adapter to the compressed air using a commercially available intermediate piece and give steady pressure.

Minimum pressure: 6 bar positive pressure.

- Install engaging device (VAS 5161/6) with installation fork (VAS 5161/5) in guide plate.






- Slide installation cartridge (VAS 5161/8) in guide plate.

Intake Side:

- Engage the pressure fork (VAS 5161/2) on the engaging device as illustrated.

Exhaust Side:

- Engage the pressure fork (VAS 5161/2) on the engaging device as illustrated.






Continued for Both Sides:

- Press the installation cartridge down with the pressure fork.

- At the same time, rotate installation cartridge knurled screw right until points engage in valve retainer.

- Move the knurled bolt to the left and right.

Valve retainers are pressed against each other and capture in the installation cartridge.

- Release the pressure fork.

- Remove installation cartridge.

- Unfasten guide plate and turn it aside.

Pressurized air hose remains connected.

- Remove the valve spring and the valve spring plate.

- Pull off valve stem seals with the (3364).






If the (3364) cannot be used, on several valve stem seals due to restricted clearance, proceed as follows:

- Drive out the roll pin - arrow - on the puller with a drift and remove the impact puller attachment.






- Position the lower part of the (3364) on the valve stem seal.






- Secure the puller with a drift or cotter pin drive - 1 - as shown in the illustration.

- Position the valve lever on the puller and remove the valve stem seal - arrow -.

Risk of damage when installing valve stem seals.

Place plastic sleeve - A - that is attached to valve stem seals - B - on valve stem.








- Lightly oil valve stem seal.

- Slide valve shaft seal onto plastic sleeve.

- Carefully press valve stem seal onto valve guide with Valve Stem Seal Drive (3365).

- Remove plastic sleeve again.

When the valve retainers were removed from the installation cartridge, they must be inserted in the valve retainer inserting tool (VAS 5161/18) next.






The large diameter of the valve retainers point upward.

- Press installation cartridge from above onto valve retainer inserting tool and capture retainers.

- Insert valve spring and valve spring plate.

- Install the guide plate on the cylinder head.

- Insert installation cartridge with knurled spacer ring in guide plate.

- Press pressure fork down and pull knurled screw up, turning left and right.

The valve retainers are inserted in this manner.

- Release pressure fork with knurled screw still raised.

- Repeat the procedure on each valve.

Assembling

Assemble in reverse order of disassembling. Note the following:

- Install the camshafts. Refer to => [ Camshafts ] Service and Repair.

- Install spark plugs.