Removal & Installation

(Cylinder Head  removed)

Preliminary tasks are described in Disassembling and assembling cylinder head.

Brace bucket tappets with special tool 11 3 250.

Lift out bearing strip with bucket tappet.

Installation: 

Only re-use used bucket tappets in the same tappet bore.

Fig 1: Bracing Bucket Tappets With Special Tool

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Arrange bucket tappets by cylinder and place on special tool 11 3 030 in correct order.

Fig 2: Arranging Bucket Tappets By Cylinder

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Insert special tool 11 1 441 from below in special tool 11 1 065 and secure with special tool 11 1 045.

Fig 3: Inserting Special Tool

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Align special tool 11 0 345 in direction of valve shaft and select appropriate groove in special tool 11 0 342.

Fig 4: Aligning Special Tool

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Press down valve spring on spring cap, top, and remove valve keys.

Remove valve spring and plate spring.

Fig 5: Removing Valve Keys

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Arrangement:

1. Valve
2. Valve-stem seal
3. Lower plate spring
4. Valve spring
5. Top plate spring
6. Valve tapers

Fig 6: Identifying Valve Assembly

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