Install cylinder head — VW
Install cylinder head on VW: 15 steps, 1 torque figure. What to remove, what to tighten and to how many Nm, what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Renewed: cylinder head gasket, cylinder head bolts
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- Now carefully clean sealing surfaces of cylinder head and cylinder block. Ensure thereby that surfaces are not scored or scratched (if abrasive paper is used, grade must not be less than 100).
- Fit new cylinder head gasket. The inscription (Part No.) must be legible.
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 30 Nm (22 lb-ft) | Tighten all bolts |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📋 Procedure
- Place clean cloths in cylinders so that no dirt or emery cloth particles can get in between cylinder wall and piston.
- Now carefully clean sealing surfaces of cylinder head and cylinder block. Ensure thereby that surfaces are not scored or scratched (if abrasive paper is used, grade must not be less than 100).
- Carefully remove metal particles, emery residue and cloths.
- Set No. 1 cylinder piston to top dead centre and then turn crankshaft back slightly.
- Fit new cylinder head gasket. The inscription (Part No.) must be legible.
- Place cylinder head on. When doing this observe the centralizing pins in cylinder block.
- Fit new cylinder head bolts and tighten hand tight.
- Tighten cylinder head in tightening sequence as follows:
- Tighten all bolts to 30 Nm. — 30 Nm (22 lb-ft)
- Then tighten all bolts 90° (1/4 turn) using a rigid wrench.
- Then tighten all bolts again 90 (1/4 turn) further.
- Insert support element in cylinder head and fit roller rocker finger onto respective valve stem end or support element.
- Renew oil strainer (arrow) and lay it into the cylinder head.
- Install camshaft housing .
- Adjust timing .
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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.
Seen a figure that does not match your manual? Write to us — we correct it and note when. support@torqfix.com
The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.