Repairing Valve Gear - Skoda OCTAVIA MK1 Service Manual

Repairing Valve Gear

Note
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
t
provided these are slight initial cracks
which are not more than 0.3 mm wide, or
cracks exist only at the first 4 turns of the
spark plug thread.
After installing new bucket tappets, the
engine must not be started for about 30
t
minutes (otherwise place the valves on
the pistons).
After carrying out work on the valve gear,
carefully crank engine at least 2
t revolutions to ensure that no valve
touches the piston when the engine is
started.
1 - 100 Nm
to release and tighten use the
–
counterholder -MP 1-216-
2 - Camshaft sprocket
with sensor rotor for the phase sensor
–
(Hall sender -G40-)
for removing and installing, remove
–
toothed belt → Chapter
Installation position fixed by woodruff
–
key -pos. 4-
3 - Gasket ring
– replace → Chapter
– pay attention to different version
4 - Woodruff key
– check tightness
5 - 20 Nm
6 - Bearing caps
– Fitting position
– order of installation
→ Fig.
→ Fig.
→ Chapter
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