Preliminary Work

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Unscrew and remove all spark plugs.
> 287020 REMOVING AND INSTALLING SPARK PLUGS
Position cylinder to be tested to ignition TDC and remove tool (dead centre finder).
The dead centre finder or "cylinder pipe" consists of a glass tube (inspection glass) with a plunger -1- hose and a rubber cone -2- .

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Dead centre finder - "cylinder pipe"

The rubber cone is pressed onto the spark plug hole. The inspection glass is either held by a helper > Tool setup - dead centre finder or is secured vertically in a clearly visible position with a magnet.

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Tool setup - dead centre finder

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 .

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Plunger up

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Plunger down