Preliminary Work

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Remove engine cover. → Removing Engine Cover (Design Cover) 108319 REMOVING AND INSTALLING ENGINE COVER (DESIGN COVER)
Remove all glow plugs.
Position cylinder to be tested to ignition TDC and remove tool (dead center finder).
1. 3.1. The dead center finder or "cylinder pipe" consists of a glass tube (inspection glass) with a plunger -1- , hose and a rubber cone -2- .
  
  Fig 1: Identifying Dead Centre Finder Tool
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2. 3.2. The rubber cone is pressed onto the glow plug hole. The inspection glass is either held by a helper → Tool setup for dead center finder or is secured vertically in a clearly visible position with a magnet.
  
  Fig 2: Identifying Dead Centre Finder Tool
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3. 3.3. If the engine is now turned in direction of rotation on the crankshaft, the plunger in the inspection glass is pressed up in the compression cycle → Plunger up in order to go back down immediately upon reaching the TDC. The plunger in the inspection glass stays down in overlapping TDC → Plunger down .
  
  Fig 3: Identifying Plunger Up Position
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  Fig 4: Identifying Plunger Down Position
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