AUDI A4 1999 B5 / 1.G APB Engine Valve Gear Service Owners Manual
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Valve stem seals, replacing
 
     
Cylinder head installed 
     
-  Remove ribbed belt   Page 13
-1 .
     
-  Remove toothed belt   Page 13
-4 .
     
- Remove camshafts   Page 15
-75
 .
     
-  Remove lifters and put them down with the 
contact surface downwards. Ensure that lifters 
are not interchanged. 
     
-  Remove spark plugs.
     
-  Set piston of relevant cylinder to bottom dead 
center (BDC). 
     
Note:  
     Tight cotters can be released by tapping lightly 
on the valve lever with a hammer. 
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Exhaust side  
     
Note:  
     Before attaching the valve assembly appliance, 
remove the two studs in the center of the cylinder 
head and the three upper studs (inlet side) for 
securing the cylinder head cover.  
     
-  Screw pressure hose VW 653/3 with sealing ring 
finger-tight into spark plug thread of relevant 
cylinder, and maintain a constant pressure of at 
least 6 bar. 
    
-  Attach valve assembly appliance 2036 as illustrated: use M6 x 40 bolts 
with large washers. 
-  Remove valve spring using valve lever VW 541/1 and thrust piece VW 
541/5. 
-  Take out valve spring and valve spring plate.
-  Pull off valve stem seal with 3047 A.
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Inlet side  
Note:  
The inlet valves are installed in the cylinder head at different angles.   -  To prevent damage to the new valve stem seals, place plastic sleeve -
A- on the valve stem. 
-  Lightly oil sealing lip. 
-  Insert valve stem seal -B- (without oiling outside of seal) into installing 
tool 3129 and carefully push it down onto the valve guide. 
-  When installing new valves, lightly oil valve stems before installing. 
    
Valve spring compressor 3362 can be set accordingly to two different 
positions:  
1 - Upper position for center valve
2 - Lower position for the two outer valves
3 - Threads on each side to take M6 x 25 bolts for securing spring 
compressor to cylinder head 
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-  Mount spring compressor 3362 on cylinder head with two bolts 
supplied, as in illustration. 
-  Screw pressure hose VW 653/3 with sealing ring finger-tight into spark 
plug thread of relevant cylinder, and maintain a constant pressure of at 
least 6 bar. 
-  Set position of spring compressor for relevant valve, and remove valve 
spring using threaded spindle. 
    
-  Pull off valve stem seal using 3364.
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Reworking valves  
Valves must not be reworked. Only grinding-in (lapping) is permitted.  
WARNING! 
Note precautions required when disposing of sodium-cooled 
exhaust valves   Page 15
-87
 .  -  To prevent damage to new valve stem seals, place plastic sleeve -A- 
on valve stem. 
-  Lightly lubricate sealing lip with oil.
-  Insert valve stem seal -B- (without oiling outside of seal) into installing 
tool 3365 and carefully push it down onto valve guide. 
-  When installing new valves, lightly oil valve stems before installing.
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Valve guides, checking
 
      When repairing engines or cylinder heads with 
leaking valves, it is not sufficient to reface the 
valve seats and replace the valves. The valve 
guides must also be checked for wear. This is 
particularly important on high-mileage engines.   
    
Wear limit  
If the wear limit is exceeded, replace cylinder head.   -  Insert valve into valve guide so that end of valve stem is flush with end 
of guide. The valve stems have different diameters, so only use an inlet 
valve in an inlet guide and an exhaust valve in an exhaust guide. 
-  Measure amount of rock. Inlet valve guide  
Exhaust valve guide  
0.8 mm   0.8 mm  
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Valve seats, reworking (refacing)
 
     
Notes:  
     
The valve seats should only be reworked just 
enough to produce a good seating pattern. 
     Calculate the maximum permissible reworking 
dimension before reworking. 
     If the reworking dimension is exceeded, the 
function of the hydraulic lifters can no longer be 
guaranteed and the cylinder head should be 
replaced. 
     
Calculating maximum permissible reworking 
dimension  
     
-  Insert valve and press firmly against valve 
seat. 
     
Note:  
     If the valve is to be replaced as part of a repair, 
use a new valve for the calculation. 
    
-  Measure distance between end of valve stem and top surface of 
cylinder head (illustration shows a 4-valve head). 
- 
Calculate maximum permissible reworking dimension from measured 
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distance and minimum dimension. 
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Minimum dimensions  
Outer inlet 
valve  Center inlet 
valve  Exhaust 
valve  
32.2 mm   33.2 mm   33.0 mm  
      Measured distance minus minimum dimension = 
maximum permissible reworking dimension.  
     
Example  
Center inlet valve     
Measured distance   33.0 mm  
Minimum dimension   - 32.2 
mm  
Maximum permissible reworking 
dimension  = 0.8 mm  
     
Note:  
     If the measured distance is less than the 
minimum dimension, repeat the measurement 
with new valves, or replace cylinder head.  
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