Cylinder head removal & torque: Mercedes-Benz Eng 208, 209 (113.943, 113.968, 113.984, 113.987)
Step-by-step cylinder head removal & torque for the Mercedes-Benz Eng 208, 209: 85 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for MERCEDES-BENZ — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 430, |, CABRIOLET, 500, 55, AMG
- Opens: coolant
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
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- Parts must be fitted within 10 minutes of applying the sealant
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Note: Be aware of security codes on radios
- Remove the engine lower cover
- Drain the coolant
- Stage 2:
- Clean off the old sealant
- Remove the fan and viscous coupling
- All vehicles:
- Remove the ignition coils
- Remove the valve covers
- Disconnect the electrical connections from the inlet manifold
- Remove the air inlet manifold
- Disconnect the exhaust pipes from the manifolds, left and right
- Position the crankshaft to 40° after TDC
- Use a special tool:
- Remove the oil filter and oil cooler
- Remove the chain tensioner
- Remove the camshaft gearwheels
- Remove the camshaft bearing caps
- Remove the bolts
- Remove the cylinder head bolts
- In the order shown
- Remove the cylinder heads
Installation and checks
- Note: Parts must be fitted within 10 minutes of applying the sealant
- Fit the cylinder head gasket
- In the order shown
- Refit the camshaft gearwheels
- Fit the chain tensioner
- Refit the oil filter and oil cooler
- Refit the valve covers
- Reconnect the fuel lines
- Refill the cooling system
- Refit the air filter
- Type 1:
- Type 2:
- Refit the engine lower covers
- Replace the fluids
- Reconnect the battery earth cable
Other MERCEDES-BENZ procedures
- Mercedes-Benz eng. 113 timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz eng. 111 timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz eng. 2.0 111.951 timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz eng. timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz eng. Kompressor timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz eng. 2.3 111.979 timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz W203, W209 3.0 CDI timing chain replacement
- OM642 in W204, X204
- OM642 in W207, W212, W218
- OM642 in W221
Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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