Upper Timing Chain Cover: Installing

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-- Coat the seal and the O-ring with engine oil.

-- Tighten the bolts by hand in sequence -1 through 5-.

Fig 1: Identifying Upper Timing Chain Cover - Tightening Sequence

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-- Tighten the bolts to 9 Nm using the torque wrench V.A.G 1783 and the open end spanner insert AF 10 V.A.G 1783/1.

For the correct tightening specifications, refer to TIMING CHAIN COVER OVERVIEW .

Further installation is in the reverse order of removal.