11 34 552 Removing And Installing Or Replacing All Valves (N54)

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Special tools required:

For the following special tools, refer to ENGINE- SPECIAL TOOLS .

11 4 480

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove cylinder head . See 11 12 100 REMOVING AND INSTALLING CYLINDER HEAD (N54) .
Remove inlet camshaft . See 11 31 025 REMOVING AND INSTALLING OR REPLACING INLET CAMSHAFT (N54) .
Remove exhaust camshaft . See 11 31 028 REMOVING AND INSTALLING OR REPLACING EXHAUST CAMSHAFT (N54) .
Remove roller cam follower . See 11 33 050 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING ALL CAM FOLLOWERS (N54) .
Remove valve springs . See 11 34 715 REPLACING ALL VALVE SPRINGS (N54) .
Remove valve stem seals . See 11 34 560 REPLACING ALL VALVE STEM SEALS (N54) .

Arrangement:

Valve
Valve stem seal with spring plate, bottom
Valve spring
Top plate spring
Valve tapers

If the valves are to be reused, set then down in special tool 11 4 480 in a tidy and orderly fashion.

Fig 1: Identifying Valve Arrangement

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Assemble engine.

Check function of DME.