Testing Hydraulic Bucket Tappets - Skoda OCTAVIA MK1 Service Manual

Install bearing caps
–
5, 1 and 3 and also
tighten to 20 Nm.
Set the Woodruff key
–
in the camshaft.
Install camshaft
sprocket and tighten
–
to 100 Nm (use
counterholder -MP 1-
216-).
Installing and
– tensioning toothed
belt (setting timing)
→ Chapter.
Note
After installing the
camsaft, the engine
must not be started
for about 30
minutes. The
t hydraulic clearance
compensation
elements must settle
(otherwise valves
would strike 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.

Testing hydraulic bucket tappets

Special tools and workshop equipment required
t Feeler gauge
t Wooden or plastic wedge
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