Cleaning, sealing oil longitudinal galleries in cylinder head - RA01001044300X(01-4300)
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Preceding work:
Cylinder head removed (01-4150) .
Camshafts removed (05-2200) .
Bucket tappets removed (05-2110) .
Operation no. of operation texts and work units or standard texts and flat rates:
Fig 1: Identifying Cylinder Head Components In Cleaning, Sealing Oil Longitudinal Galleries (1 Of 2)
| Screw plugs (26) with seals | unscrew, screw on (15 Nm) (Fig. A). |
| Steel balls (25) in oil galleries (22), (23), (33) | knock out with round bar (6) dia. 6X700 mm |
| and (34) | from the front (Figs. B and C). |
| Plug (32) | prise out with a screwdriver (Fig. C). |
| Oil galleries (22, 23, 33 and 34) at rear | widen dia. X 9 8 mm deep (Fig. D). |
| Steel balls (25) at side | knock in with a punch (8) into oil galleries (22) and (23) (Fig. D). |
| Steel balls (25) | knock out from front with round bar (6). |
| Oil galleries (35) and (36) at side | widen dia. 9X8 mm deep. |
Fig 2: Identifying Cylinder Head Components In Cleaning, Sealing Oil Longitudinal Galleries (2 Of 2)
| M10X1 thread | tap in oil galleries (Fig. E). |
| Oil longitudinal galleries and all holes | carefully clean. |
| Bolt head contact surface at oil galleries (35 and 36) at side | face. |
| New plug (32a) | coat around circumference with Loctite high strength 270, 002 989 93 71 10 (Fig. E). |
| New plug (32a) | knock in flush with suitable drift (Fig. E). |
| Screwplugs (26a) part no. 000 908 01 00 02 with seals part no. 007 603 01 01 03 |
screw in (15 Nm) (Fig. F). |
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