Fastener Tightening Specifications

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Component

Bolt Size

Camshaft Adjuster ⁽¹⁾

20 + 45°

Camshaft Adjustment Valve 1

Camshaft Position Sensor

Camshaft Sprocket ⁽¹⁾

50 + 180°

Chain Tensioner ⁽¹⁾

Coolant Pump

Crankshaft Toothed Belt Sprocket ⁽¹⁾

90 + 90°

Damper Roller

Engine Lifting Eye

Harness Mount

Housing for the Drive Chain

Lower Toothed Belt Guard

Pressure Regulator Valve

Rear Toothed Belt Guard ⁽²⁾

Tensioning Roller, Nut

Threaded Pin for Exhaust Manifold

Threaded Pin for Intake Manifold

Threaded Pin for Tensioning Roller

Toothed Belt Camshaft Gear ⁽¹⁾

50 + 180°

Upper Toothed Belt Guard

⁽¹⁾

Replace

⁽²⁾	Insert with locking compound

Cylinder Head Cover, Tightening Specifications and Sequence

-- Tighten the bolts in the following sequence: -1 to 14- in 2 steps:

Fig 1: Identifying Cylinder Head Cover Bolts Tightening Sequence

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-- Install bolts by hand as far as the stop.-- Tighten to 10 Nm.

Cylinder Head, Tightening Specifications and Sequence

-- Tighten bolts in 3 stages in -1 to 10- sequence as follows:

Fig 2: Identifying Cylinder Head Bolts Tightening Sequence

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-- Tighten to 40 Nm.-- Tighten an additional 90°.-- Tighten an additional 90°.

Guide Frame Tightening Specifications and Sequence

Fig 3: Identifying Cylinder Head Bolts Tightening Sequence

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-- Replace the guide frame bolts.

-- Tighten bolts in 3 stages in -1 to 6- sequence as follows:

-- Install bolts by hand as far as stop.

The guide frame must be in contact with the entire contact surface of the cylinder head.

-- Tighten to 8 Nm.

-- Tighten an additional 90°.