Engine
SHOP MANUAL
Ch 1 page 77
Valve adjustment DC9 with XPI
Check and adjust the valve play with the engine cold. Play for the
intake valves should be 0.45 mm and for the exhaust valves 0.70
mm.
Rotate the flywheel in the normal direction of rotation using turning
tool MX no. 531447. Read the mark on the flywheel visible in the
lower window of the flywheel housing.
Engines equipped with flywheel with marking TDC Up: Fit turn-
ing tool MX no. 8405 in the holes of the upper hatch. Press in the
gear in the external ring gear and turn the flywheel with the ratchet
handle and a 14 mm socket. Read the mark on the flywheel in the
upper window of the flywheel housing.
Adjust valves according to the table below.
Follow the respective column
Start adjustment at the top of the table.
Check that there is no valve overlap on cylinder 1.
Valve change occurs when the cylinder goes from the outlet
stroke to the inlet stroke. The exhaust valve is about to close at
the same time that the intake valve is opening
NOTE
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