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Adjusting the valves
This video will show you how to adjust the valves at a Golf mark 1
The engine must be warm, at least it should have 35°C
A good father will test this with the hand
or you may use an electronic thermometer
Our Golf has the 1.1l engine with cam followers
The cam followers are adjusted by special bolts
In order to perform this work some tools are needed
a feeler gauge
a long 7 mm Allen 1/2'' socket
a 19 mm socket for the crankshaft and a 10 mm socket
Adjusting the valves is part of regular maintenace, but usually a broken gasket warns you in time
Loosen the nuts and bolts from outside to inside
and remove them
Remove the cover carefully, the gasket remains best on the engine
The gasket have been broken multiple
Don't loose one of the 16 aluminum spacers
Remove the loose ones by tweezers
others come with the gasket
Check the camshaft, this one is in good shape
The cylinders in a German engine are counted by starting at the control side
1 - 2 - 3 - 4
intake / exhaust - intake / exhaust ...
The bolts for adjusting are placed here
The intake valves should have 0.15 - 0.20 mm, the exhaust valves should have 0.25 - 0.30 mm
Crank the engine clockwise until TDC is reached
The mark on the pulley must fit to the right edge of the "V"
But by chance this isn't the ingnition TDC of cylinder 1, the intake valve is just opening
Thus we crank the engine one turn more
The cams point now outward on the valves, this is ingnition TDC of cylinder 1
The intake valve is adjusted correctly when the 0.15 mm gauge enters freely while the 0.20 mm gauge is blocked
For the exhaust valve 0.25 mm must enter freely and 0.30 mm should not enter
Cranking the engine by 180° cylinder 3 can be adjusted
Repeat the measurement for cylinder 3
Crank the engine another 180° for reaching the right postion for adjusting cylinder 4
Another 180° and we come to cylinder 2
Again the measurement proves the right adjusting
In my case all valves have been okay
In case you have to adjust a valve, use the Allen socket with a long bar
Turning clockwise increase the play, turning counter clockwise reduces the play
Be aware that turning the bolts needs great force
Clean the surface soundly
Clean the holes for the bolts, too
Finally, clean all with dilution
and use some gasketing in addition
Put a new gasket and check if the holes are fitting
Use some gasketing on the cover, too
Mount the cover, the filling for the oil is on your right side
Fasten the bolts and nuts from inside to outside in several momentum steps
Then use 6 Nm and the final momentum is 10 Nm
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