Service Valve Gear - Skoda Octavia Workshop Manual

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Servicing valve gear
Notes:
♦ Cylinder heads with cracks between the
valve seats or between a valve seat ring and
the spark plug thread may continue to be
used without any reduction in life provided
these are slight initial cracks not more than
0.3 mm wide or only the first 4 turns of the
spark plug thread are cracked.
♦ After installing new bucket tappets, wait
about 30 minutes before starting the engine
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Cylinder Head, Valve Gear
(otherwise, valves may strike the pistons);
after this, rotate crankshaft twice.
♦ After working on the valve gear, carefully
crank engine at least 2 revolutions to ensure
that no valve strikes the piston when engine
is started.
1 - 10 Nm
OCTAVIA
Edition 08.96
S00.5104.50.20