Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 676

– Remove the guide rail -1- by unlocking the latch -arrow- with

a screwdriver and pushing the guide rail forward.

– Press the oil pump chain tensioner bracket in direction of

-arrow- and lock with Locking Pin (3 pc.) - T40011- .

– Remove the bolt -1- and remove the chain tensioner.

– Remove the bolts -1- and remove the glide rail -2-.
– Remove the camshaft timing chain from the camshaft bearing

and guide downward.

– Install the Turning Over Tool - T10531/3- . In the “TDC point”

the flat area -1- points upward. Install the Knurled Nut -

T10531/4- . Turn the crankshaft with a 32 mm open end

wrench counter-clockwise out of Top Dead Center (TDC).

– Turn the intake camshaft in the direction of the -arrow 1- using

the Adapter - T40266- . Slide the Camshaft Lock - T40271/2-

out of the chain sprocket splines -2- and bring the camshaft

into the rest position.

– Turn the exhaust camshaft in the direction of the -arrow 1- us‐

ing the Adapter - T40266- . Slide the Camshaft Lock -

T40271/1- -2- out of the chain sprocket splines and bring the

camshaft into the rest position.

– Remove the cylinder head cover bolts in -1 to 6- sequence.
– Remove the cylinder head cover.

– Remove the camshaft and cover the open engine compo‐

nents.

Camshafts, Installing

Note

♦

Sealing surfaces must be completely free of oil and grease.

♦

Pay attention that all roller rocker levers rest on the valve stem

ends.

– If the crankshaft was turned in the meanwhile: bring the piston

for cylinder 1 to TDC and then turn the crankshaft back just a

little.

– Remove any sealant residue from the groove on the cylinder

head cover as well as on the sealing surfaces.

– Clean the sealing surfaces. They must be free of oil and

grease.

– Lubricate the running surfaces of both camshafts.

– Place the intake camshaft -A- in the cylinder head. Turn the

cam lobes from cylinder 4 -arrows- upward.

– Insert the exhaust camshaft -1- in the cylinder head cover.

Turn the cam lobes from cylinder 4 -arrows- upward.

– Turn the intake camshaft -1- and the exhaust camshaft -2- until

the markings -arrows- are in the -position shown-.

– The cams -arrows- the intake camshaft -1- and the exhaust

camshaft -2- point upward as illustrated.

– Apply the sealant on the clean sealing surface of the cylinder

head cover as illustrated -arrows-.

♦ Sealant bead thickness: 2 to 3 mm.
– Mount the cylinder head cover on the cylinder head.

– Lightly push on the cylinder head cover by hand and while

doing this turn the camshaft slightly until the cylinder head

cover lays free of tension on the cylinder head.

– Replace the cylinder head cover bolts.
– Tighten the bolts in several steps, tightening sequence. Refer

to

⇒ Fig. ““Cylinder Head Cover Tightening Sequence”“ ,

page 135

 .

Note

Pay attention that the cylinder head cover is not tilted.

– Turn the intake camshaft with the Adapter - T40266- in the

direction of -arrow A- until the markings -1 and 2- align. Push

the Camshaft Lock - Component 2 - T40271/2- in the chain

sprocket splines in direction of -arrow B-.

– Turn the exhaust camshaft with the Adapter - T40266- in the

direction of -arrow A- until the markings -1 and 2- align. Push

the Camshaft Lock - Component 1 - T40271/1- in the chain

sprocket splines in direction of -arrow B-. The mark -2- is offset

slightly to the right.

– Turn the crankshaft on the hex fitting to the “Top Dead Center

(TDC) point”. In the “TDC point” flat area -1- is upward.