Installing the rear camshaft seal

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Fig 1: Identifying Rear Camshaft Seal And Special Tool 9995450

Courtesy of VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA.

Use drift 9995450 .

Lubricate the surface of the seal that the camshaft rotates against.

Press in the seal until the drift bottoms out.

NOTE:

If there are grooves on the camshaft, the seal can be pressed in a further 2 mm: Reverse the sleeve.

Install camshaft adjustment tool 9995452 at the rear of the camshafts.

Ensure that the screws retaining the adjustment tool to the camshafts and the screws holding the tool together are well tightened.