SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals > Leon Mk2 > Power unit | 4 cylinder engine (1.8l 5V Turbo) | Engine cylinder head, valve gear | Valve control

Camshaft axial clearance: checking

Consult the equivalence table for tools and equipment according to applicability among Seat / VW / Audi / Skoda → Chapter.

Special tools and workshop equipment required

t	Adjustment tool -VW 387-, please see Correspondence → Anchor

t	Gauge -VAS 6079-, see equivalent → Anchor

Checking sequence

–	Remove camshafts → Chapter.

Note

t	Take care not to interchange bucket tappets.

t	Use waterproof felt-tip pen to mark assignment of bucket tappets on back of tappets.

–	Take bucket tappets out of guides and set them down with bearing surface facing downwards.

–	Insert camshafts in cylinder head and fit bearing cap at chain sprocket end and fit double bearing cap.

–	Fasten the adjustment device -VW 387- with themeasuring clock -VAS 6079- on the cylinder head:

Supply camshaft

Exhaust camshaft

–	Press the camshaft that is to be checked against the dial gauge by hand.

–	Set the dial gauge to „0“.

–	Remove the camshaft from the gauge and read the result:

l	Axial clearance: wear limit for inlet and exhaust camshaft: 0.20 mm.

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