Fastener Tightening Specifications
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| Component | Bolt Size | Nm | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Guide Pipe to Bracket | 10 | |||||||||
| Bearings to charge air cooler | 5 | |||||||||
| Bracket for Turbocharger | 30 | |||||||||
| Charge air pipe to body | 10 | |||||||||
| Charge air pipe to charge air hose | 10 | |||||||||
| Charge air pressure sensor to charge air pipe | 5 | |||||||||
| Connection to turbocharger | 9 | |||||||||
| Coolant Return Line (3) | ||||||||||
| 9 | ||||||||||
| 35 | ||||||||||
| Coolant Supply Line (2) | ||||||||||
| 9 | ||||||||||
| 35 | ||||||||||
| Clamping Strip, Nut (4) | 30 | |||||||||
| Oil Supply Line (1) | ||||||||||
| 9 | ||||||||||
| 30 | ||||||||||
| Oil Return Line | 9 | |||||||||
| Right Air Guide Pipe to the Oil Pan | 10 | |||||||||
| Turbocharger recirculating valve to turbocharger | 7 | |||||||||
| Turbocharger Vacuum Diaphragm | ||||||||||
| Bolt | 10 | |||||||||
| Nut | 9 | |||||||||
| Wastegate bypass regulator valve to turbocharger | 3 | |||||||||
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Turbocharger - Tightening Sequence
-- Tighten the bolts -1 through 5- in 4 stages as follows:
-- 1. Tighten the bolts to 5 Nm.
-- 2. Tighten the bolts to 12 Nm.
-- 3. Tighten the bolts to 16 Nm.
-- 4. Tighten the bolts to 25 Nm.