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Removing and installing valve stem seals
Removing and installing valve stem seals
Special tools and workshop equipment required
   
t  Spark plug socket and extension -3122 B-
  W00-0060
t  Valve assembly device -2036-
  W00-0260
t  Valve stem seal fitting tool -3365-
t  Valve lever -VW 541/1 A- (not illustrated)
t  Valve stem seal pliers -VAS 6770- (not illustrated)
Removing
(With cylinder head installed)
–  Remove camshaft housing → Chapter.
–  Carefully remove rocker fingers and place them on a clean surface. When doing this, ensure that roller rocker fingers are not interchanged.
–  Remove spark plugs using spark plug socket and extension -3122 B-.
–  Set piston of respective cylinder to „bottom dead centre“.
  W00-0194
–  Fit valve assembly tool -2036- and adjust mountings to height of studs.
–  Screw pressure hose -VW 653/3- into spark plug thread.
–  Connect pressure hose to compressed air system supplying at least 6 bar and remove valve springs.
–  Remove valve springs using valve lever -VW 541/1 A- and press tool -VW 541/6-.
  Note
Tight valve cotters can be loosened by tapping lightly on assembly lever.
–  Pull off valve stem seals using valve stem seal pliers -VAS 6770-.
Installing
  N15-10794
–  Place plastic sleeve supplied on respective valve stem. This will prevent damage to new valve stem seal.
–  Place new valve stem seal -1- in valve stem seal fitting tool -3365-.
–  Oil valve stem seal sealing lip and press carefully over valve stem -2- onto valve guide.
–  Install camshaft housing → Chapter.
Further assembly is basically the reverse of the dismantling sequence.
  N15-10795

Inlet and exhaust valves > < Gearbox side