Operation CHARM: Car repair manuals for everyone.
Manuals through 2025 now available!

Our trusted friends have launched a new website named LEMON, which has newer manuals. It also contains all the CHARM manuals.

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Valve Timing

Valve Timing with 2 mm Lift, Engines 617.951/952
Intake Valve Opens Intake Valve Closes Exhaust Valve Opens Exhaust Valve Closes
New Timing Chain 9 Degrees After Top Dead Center (deg ATDC)15 Degrees After Bottom Dead Center (deg ABDC)27 Degrees Before Bottom Dead Center (deg BBDC)16 Degrees Before Top Dead Center (deg BTDC)
Used Timing Chain
From about 20,000 km.
11 Degrees After Top Dead Center (deg ATDC)17 Degrees After Bottom Dead Center (deg ABDC)25 Degrees Before Bottom Dead Center (deg BBDC)14 Degrees Before Top Dead Center (deg BTDC)