Removal And Installation: Camshafts

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

Diesel Injection Pump Locking Pin 3359
Counterhold - Camshaft Gear T10051
Puller - Camshaft Sprocket T10052
Camshaft Fitting Tool T40094A
Camshaft Fitting Tool T40095
Camshaft Fitting Tool - T40096T40096
Torque Wrench 1331 5-50Nm VAG1331
Torque Wrench 1332 40-200Nm VAG1332
Hand Drill with Plastic Brush Attachment
Protective Eyewear
Silicone Adhesive Sealant D 176 501 A1

Removing

-- Remove the toothed belt from the camshaft and the high pressure fuel pump. Refer to TOOTHED BELT .

-- Remove the cylinder head cover. Refer to CYLINDER HEAD COVER .

-- Remove bolts -1- from the camshaft gear.

Fig 1: Identifying Camshaft Pulley Securing Bolts

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-- Remove the camshaft gear from the hub.

-- Counter hold the hub using the Counterhold - Camshaft Gear T10051 and loosen the hub bolt -1-.

Fig 2: Identifying Camshaft Gear Counter-Hold T10051

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-- Loosen the bolt for the hub by approximately two turns.

-- Position the Puller - Camshaft Sprocket T10052 and align it to the bores in the hub.

Fig 3: Identifying Puller T10052

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-- Tighten the bolts -1-.

-- Tension the hub by tightening the Puller - Camshaft Sprocket T10052 -2- evenly until it can be removed from the camshaft taper.

NOTE:

Hold the Puller - Camshaft Sprocket T10052 with a 30 mm wrench.

-- Remove the hub from the cone of the camshaft.

-- Remove the vacuum pump. Refer to VACUUM PUMP .

-- Remove the bearing frame bolts and nuts in sequence -24 through 1-.

Fig 4: Identifying Bearing Frame Bolt Tightening Sequence

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-- Remove the bearing frame.

-- Carefully remove the camshafts.

Installing

NOTE:

Note the expiration date of the Silicone Adhesive Sealant D 176 501 A1.

Seal the separating surfaces between the bearing frame and cylinder head using Silicone Adhesive Sealant D 176 501 A1.

CAUTION:

Only install the camshafts with the Camshaft Fitting Tool T40094A as described below. Otherwise the axial bearing in the bearing frame will be destroyed and the cylinder head will have to be replaced.
Make sure that no sealant residue enters the cylinder head and bearings.

WARNING:

Wear safety glasses.

-- Remove any sealant still on the cylinder head and bearing frame with a rotating plastic brush.

-- Clean the sealing surfaces, they must be free of oil and grease.

-- Oil the journal surfaces of camshafts.

Assemble the Camshaft Fitting Tool T40094A as follows:

-- Remove the Camshaft Fitting Tool - Mount 3T40094/3, Camshaft Fitting Tool - Mount 4T40094/4 and Camshaft Fitting Tool - Mount 5T40094/5 from the base plate. Loosen the threaded connections from below.

Fig 5: Identifying Mounts T40094/1 To T40094/8

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NOTE:

If the Camshaft Fitting Tool T40094A mounts are not marked, mark the removed mounts, for example, with numbers, to assure it can be assembled later.

-- Install the Camshaft Fitting Tool - Mount 9T40094/9 and Camshaft Fitting Tool - Mount 10T40094/10 in the empty outer locations.

Fig 6: Identifying Mounts T40094/1, T40094/2, T40094/9, T40094/10 and T40094/11

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-- Position Camshaft Fitting Tool - Mount 2T40094/2 on location "A" and Camshaft Fitting Tool - Mount 1T40094/1 on location "F".

-- First install the intake camshaft as shown in the figure. Make sure the indentation -arrow- for the cylinder head bolt faces "outward".

Fig 7: Identifying 0.50 mm Feeler Gauge

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-- Position the 0.50 mm feeler gauge and slide the Camshaft Fitting Tool - Mount 8T40094/8 into the groove on the intake camshaft.

-- Install the exhaust camshaft.

-- Secure the exhaust camshaft above the groove -arrow- with the Camshaft Fitting Tool - Cover 11T40094/11.

Fig 8: Identifying Cover T40094/11

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-- Mount the Grip JawsT40096/1 on the toothed gears on the exhaust camshaft.

CAUTION:

Make sure the clamping jaw marked with an arrow is on the wider gear.

-- Tighten the Grip JawsT40096/1 with the knurled thumb screw until the tooth faces align. Use a 13 mm open end wrench if necessary.

Fig 9: Identifying Tensioning Tool T40096/1

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-- Slide the intake camshaft toward the exhaust camshaft until the splines mesh.

-- Position the bearing frame on the camshafts.

All the camshaft bearings must align on the camshafts.

-- Position the Camshaft Fitting Tool T40095 as shown in the figure and secure the camshafts in the bearing frame.

Fig 10: Identifying Camshaft Clamping Tool T40095

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-- Remove the Camshaft Fitting Tool - Cover 11T40094/11.

-- Remove the Camshaft Fitting Tool - Mount 8T40094/8 from the groove in the intake camshaft.

-- Cut the sealant tube nozzle at the front mark (nozzle diameter: approximately 2 mm).

Fig 11: Cut Tube Nozzle At Front Marking (Nozzle Diameter Approx. 1 Mm)

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-- Apply the Silicone Adhesive Sealant D 176 501 A1 to the clean sealing surface of the cylinder head as shown in the figure. The sealant bead must be:

Fig 12: Identifying Silicone Adhesive Sealant Pattern

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2 to 3 mm thick
Apply on the inner side in the area with the threaded holes

NOTE:

The sealant beads must not be thicker than 2 to 3 mm or the excess sealant can enter the camshaft bearing.

-- Remove the camshafts with the bearing frame and the Camshaft Fitting Tool T40095 from the Camshaft Fitting Tool T40094A.

-- Carefully install the camshafts and bearing frame to the cylinder head.

-- First, tighten the bearing frame bolts and nuts by hand in sequence -1 through 24-.

Fig 13: Identifying Bearing Frame Bolt Tightening Sequence

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The bearing frame must be in contact with the entire contact surface of the cylinder head.

-- Tighten the bearing frame bolts and nuts to specification and in the sequence -1 through 24-.

Tightening specifications, refer to -items 2 and 3- in the VALVETRAIN OVERVIEW .

-- Remove the Camshaft Fitting Tool T40095 and the Grip JawsT40096/1.

-- Replace the camshaft seal. Refer to CAMSHAFT SEAL .

-- Drive a new cap onto the cylinder head with a suitable drift until it is flush.

The remaining installation is in the reverse order of removal. Note the following:

NOTE:

After installing the camshafts, the engine may not be started for approximately 30 minutes. The hydraulic lash adjusters must seat themselves, otherwise the valves will strike the pistons.

After working on the valvetrain, carefully rotate the engine by hand at least two full revolutions to ensure that the valves do not strike the pistons when starting.

-- Place the hub on the camshaft.

-- Counterhold the hub with the Counterhold - Camshaft Gear T10051 and tighten the hub bolt -1-.

Fig 14: Identifying Camshaft Gear Counter-Hold T10051

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Tightening specification, refer to -item 11- in the TOOTHED BELT DRIVE OVERVIEW .

-- Push the camshaft gear onto the hub.

Fig 15: Identifying Camshaft Pulley Bolts

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NOTE:

The toothed segment -arrow- of the camshaft gear must face upward.

-- Install the bolts -1- into the camshaft gear by hand to eliminate play.

-- Lock the hub using the Diesel Injection Pump Locking Pin 3359.

-- Install and tension the toothed belt. Refer to TOOTHED BELT .

-- Install the vacuum pump. Refer to VACUUM PUMP .

-- Install the cylinder head cover. Refer to CYLINDER HEAD COVER .