Rocker cover gasket - left hand
- Make
- Land Rover
- Model
- Defender V8i Workshop Manual Supplement
- Section
- Repair › Rocker cover gasket - left hand
EngineRocker cover gasket - left hand
ROCKER COVER GASKET - LEFT HAND
Service repair no - 12.29.40
Remove
- Disconnect battery negative lead.
- Remove plenum chamber. See FUEL SYSTEM, Repair, plenum chamber
- Remove screw securing dipstick tube to rocker cover. Refit
- Fit rocker cover and gasket to cylinder head.
- Fit rocker cover bolts, ensuring short bolts are
- Release 4 spark plug leads from guide clips and 12. Connect plug leads and secure to guide clips. disconnect leads from spark plugs. 13. Align dipstick tube to rocker cover and tighten
- Fit plenum chamber.
- Reconnect battery negative lead.
- Remove 4 bolts securing rocker cover to cylinder head.
- Remove rocker cover.
- Remove and discard rocker cover gasket.
- Clean mating faces of rocker cover and cylinder head.
- Fit rubber gasket to rocker cover.
fitted inboard, and tighten by diagnonal selection to: Stage 1 - 4 Nm (3 lb.ft). Stage 2 - 8 Nm (6 lb.ft). Stage 3 - Re-torque to 8 Nm (6 lb.ft).
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