VETUS VF4 VF5 MARINE ENGINE WORKSHOP SERVICE REPAIR MANUAL 

VF4.140E VF4.170E 
VF5.220E VF5.250E 

Contents 
1 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 
2 Performance curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 
3 Values and fits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 
3.1 Crankcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 
3.2 Cylinder head and valve gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 
3.3 Valve timing diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 
3.4 Cylinder head gasket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 
3.5 Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 
3.6 Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 
3.7 Fuel system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 
3.8 Supercharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 
4 Repair data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 
4.1 Cylinder head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 
4.1.1 Camshaft housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 
4.1.2 Lower cylinder head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 
4.1.3 Camshaft housing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 
4.2 Crankshaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 
4.2.1 Main journal identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 
4.3 Engine flywheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 
4.4 Crankshaft phonic wheel for rpm and timing sensor replace 
with crankshaft removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 
4.5 Connecting rod small end bush (one) replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 
4.6 Set of pistons, gudgeon pins and seals (replace) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 
4.7 Toothed timing belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 
4.8 Fuel filter assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 
4.9 Engine coolant temperature sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 
4.10 Pressure relief sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 
4.11 Engine rpm sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 
4.12 Cam angle sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 
4.13 Variable geometry turbocharger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 
4.14 Pressure pump support VF4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 
4.15 Pressure pump support VF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Disclaimer: The item is either in the public domain, we own resale rights to it, or we are the publishers and sole copyright holders. No trademarks, copyrights, or laws have been violated in this product listing. This product fully conforms to Laws and international media policy. This service manual is in no way affiliated with or sponsored by any of the manufacturers listed in this auction unless specifically noted. The logos and the marks of the manufacturers are registered trademarks of their respective owners. The use of various names and their model names, descriptions and/or numbers are used in applications and descriptions for reference purposes only. Their use in no way denotes or infers a direct connection with this service manual and any vehicle manufacturer or their authorized agencies. Use of various companies’ names and product lines on this website exists only for descriptive and informational purposes and does not infer any direct connection between this service manual and these companies.