Volkswagen Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

(with cylinder head fitted)

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items

• ◆ Puller 3047A
• ◆ Assembly tool 2036
• ◆ Pressure hose VW 653/3
• ◆ Lever VW 541/1A with press piece VW 541/5
• ◆ Fitting tool 3129

• ‒ Remove camshaft .
• ‒ Remove bucket tappets (do not interchange) and store with the contact surface downwards.
• ‒ Remove spark plugs.
• ‒ Set piston of appropriate cylinder to "bottom dead centre".

• ‒ → Fit assembly tool 2036 and adjust mountings to height of studs.
• ‒ Screw compressed air hose VW 653/3 into spark plug thread and apply a continuous pressure of
       min. 6 bar.
• ‒ Remove valve springs with lever VW 541/1A and press piece VW 541/5.

Note:

Tight cotters can be loosened by tapping lightly on the lever.

• ‒ Pull off valve stem seals with 3047A.

• ‒ → To prevent damage to the new valve stem seals, place plastic sleeve -A- on valve shaft.
• ‒ Oil valve stem seal -B-, place it in the tool 10-204 and push carefully onto the valve guide.