Remove and install cylinder head cover

• Remove ignition lead cover with Torx T40 screwdriver - arrows -. The upper left screw only needs to be loosened, not removed.

• Remove ignition coils complete with bracket and set aside with connected leads.

• Remove cylinder head cover with 6 bolts (Torx T40) and lift off, see illustration.

• Check rubber gasket for cylinder head cover for damage, replace if necessary. Place cylinder head cover on cylinder head and tighten lightly to 8 N·m.

• Bolt the ignition coils with brackets to the cylinder head.

• Install ignition lead cover.

• Warm up engine and check cylinder head cover gasket for leaks. If necessary, retighten bolts slightly or replace gasket.

When loosening the two cylinder head covers, the camshaft housings are loosened at the same time. For removal, the intake manifold must first be removed and the rear timing belt cover unbolted from the covers, see chapter "Cylinder head removal" on page 37.

• Remove spark plugs, see page 298.

• Unbolt earth lead from cylinder head cover - arrow -.

  Pull crankcase breather hose off connection - 1 -. To do so, loosen hose clamp. If the clamp cannot be loosened, cut the clamp ring with side cutters and replace it with a screw clamp during installation.

• Remove cylinder head cover with Torx T40 screwdriver. Loosen the two bolts on the oil filler cap with 4 mm hex key. The illustration shows the 1.8 L engine.

• Check rubber gasket for cylinder head cover for damage, replace if necessary. Place cylinder head cover on cylinder head and tighten lightly to 8 N·m.

• Install earth lead on cylinder head cover, slide on crankcase breather hose, secure with screw clamp.

• Fit the spark plugs, see page 298.

• Remove oil filler cap - 1 -.

• Remove engine cover - 2 - with 4 nuts.

• Pull crankcase breather hose off cylinder head cover.

• Unscrew 6 bolts - arrows -. Remove cylinder head cover - 3 - with rubber gasket - 4 -.

• Check rubber gasket for cylinder head cover for damage, replace if necessary.

• Place cylinder head cover on cylinder head and tighten lightly to 8 N·m.

• Install engine cover, insert oil filler cap.

• Warm up engine and check cylinder head cover gasket for leaks. If necessary, retighten bolts slightly or replace gasket.