Tightening Specifications

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Cylinder Head Bank 1 (Right)

Fig 1: Cylinder Head Bank 1 Tightening Sequence (Right)

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Cylinder Head Bank 2 (Left)

Fig 2: Cylinder Head Bank 1 Tightening Sequence (Left)

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NOTE:

Replace any bolts that were tightened with an additional turn.

-- Tighten the bolts in steps in the sequence shown:

Step	Bolts	Tightening Specification/Additional Turn
1.	-1 through 10-	Install all the way in by hand.
2.	-1 through 10-	30 Nm
3.	-1 through 10-	60 Nm
4.	-1 through 10-	Tighten an additional 90°
5.	-1 through 10-	Tighten an additional 90°
6.	-Arrows-	10 Nm
7.	-Arrows-	Tighten an additional 90°

-- Check the cylinder head at several locations for distortion using a :VAS6075 and a feeler gauge.

Maximum permissible distortion: 0.1 mm.

Resurfacing cylinder head (face grinding) is only permissible to minimum dimension -a-.

Minimum dimension -a- = 139.5 mm.