Adjusting Timing - Cylinder Bank 1-3

Requirements
Three auxiliary chain tensioners fitted with correct pretension.
1. Turn engine to installation position on assembly support.





2. Remove fixing pin. Advance crankshaft 360° clockwise until the bore 1 OT (top dead center) in the belt pulley is aligned with the fixing bore on the crankcase. Position or fix with fixing pin (short) of special tool 9595.




View from the flywheel side

3. Check basic camshaft adjustment of cylinder bank 1 - 3 Ensure that the groove in the camshaft faces outward toward the cylinder head cover.
4. Turn engine 90° clockwise on the assembly support. Cylinder bank 1 - 3 faces upward.




View from the belt pulley side

5. If the allocation is correct, the narrow segment must face the cylinder head cover on the opposite side of the cylinder head.





6. Fasten blocking device (special tool 9612) on the cylinder head.





7. Special tool fitting sequence:
A - Fastening screw with star knob on cylinder head lug. Pull back centering piece (B) and sword bolt (C) when tightening.
B - Centering piece in groove of the exhaust camshaft. Pull sword bolt (C) back when tightening.
C - Sword bolt
D - Center section (pivoting).
8. Undo four hexagon-head screws (M6 x 15) on the sprocket wheel on the opposite side.





9. Allocate camshafts; to do this, turn the pretension center piece (D) accordingly until the sword bolt (C) can be fixed in the bearing bore of the inlet camshaft.
10. Fasten sprocket wheel.
Tightening torque 14 Nm (10.5 ft. lbs.)

11. Remove blocking device.