Vito / V-class eng M104 (104.900) — MERCEDES-BENZ
Vito / V-class eng M104 (104.900) on Mercedes-Benz: 16 steps, engines 104.900. 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 V, 280
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- If the timing chain is to be re-used, mark the running direction before removal
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
- Camshaft gearwheel bolts:
- Stage 1:
- Stage 2:
- If the timing chain is to be re-used, mark the running direction before removal
- Upper chain guide bolt(s)
- Lower chain guide bolt(s)
- Always use new gaskets
- Stage 1:
- Stage 2:
- Chain tensioner
Other MERCEDES-BENZ procedures
- 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 eng. 2.3 111.984 timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz eng. timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz eng. 112 timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz eng. 113 timing chain replacement
- Mercedes-Benz eng. 5.4 timing chain replacement
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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