Inspecting cylinders with light probe - AR01.00-P-0200GZ (ML500)
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ENGINE 113.964 in MODEL 164.175
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| Risk of death caused by contact with parts conducting high voltages. | Do not touch parts which conduct high voltages. Persons who wear electronic implants (e.g. heart pacemakers) must not carry work out on the ignition system | AS15.10-Z-0001-01A | |
| Risk of injury to skin and eyes from handling hot or glowing objects. | Wear safety gloves, protective clothing and safety glasses, if necessary. | AS00.00-Z-0002-01A | |
| Risk of death cased by vehicle slipping or toppling off of the lifting platform. | Align vehicle between the columns of the hydraulic hoist and position the four support plates below the hoist support points specified by the vehicle manufacturer. | AS00.00-Z-0010-01A | |
| Risk of injury caused by fingers being jammed or pinched when removing, installing or aligning hoods, doors, trunk lid/rear-end door or sliding roof. | When moving components, ensure that no body parts or limbs are within the operating range of moving parts. | AS00.00-Z-0011-01A | |
| 1 | Open engine hood | AR88.40-P-1000GZ | |
| 2 | Remove a spark plug from each cylinder | ||
| Replace spark plugs | AP15.10-P-1580GZ | ||
| 3 | Position piston of cylinder to be inspected to BDC | To do this, crank the engine at the central bolt of the crankshaft in the direction of rotation of the engine:↓ | |
| Firing order | AR01.00-P-1300-03HA | ||
| 4 | Connect cylinder inspection lamp (05) and insert the flexible endoscope for the inspection lamp via the spark plug bore into the respective cylinder | *WH58.30-Z-1014-05A | |
| *WH58.30-Z-1006-05A | |||
| *WH58.30-Z-1007-05A | |||
| Check | |||
| 5 | Inspect cylinder walls | Mat-grey surface, no honing pattern. If the condition of the cylinder wall is not clearly recognizable:↓ |
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| Remove cylinder head | AR01.30-P-5800GZ | ||
| General information on inspecting cylinder walls | AH01.00-P-0300-01A | ||
| 6 | Inspect the other cylinders in the same way | ||
| 7 | Install in the reverse order |
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE TOOLS
| Number | Designation |
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| WH58.30-Z-1006-05A | Flexible endoscope, package contents 1 (complete unit), Firma Richard Wolf GmbH D-75438 Knittlingen Firma Karl Storz GmbH D-78532 Tuttlingen |
| WH58.30-Z-1007-05A | Flexible endoscope package contents 2 (for workshops which already have an approved endoscope from the Wolf or Storz company), Firma Richard Wolf GmbH D-75438 Knittlingen Firma Karl Storz GmbH D-78532 Tuttlingen |
| WH58.30-Z-1014-05A | Cylinder inspection equipment |