Checking air mass meter: Audi 2.5 TDI (ACV, AHY, AJT, AUF, …)
Step-by-step checking air mass meter for the Audi 2.5 TDI: 13 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 70A, 70B, 70C, 70E, 70H, 70J, 70K, 70L, 70M, 7DA, 7DB, 7DC, 7DE, 7DH, 7DJ, 7DK, 7DL, 7DM
📋 Procedure
- Press → key.
- Press keys 0 and 6 for function "“End data transfer”" and confirm entry with Q key.
- Switch off ignition.
- Separate connector for air mass meter
- Switch on ignition.
- Measure air mass meter voltage supply between following connector contacts:
- Measure air mass meter voltage supply between following connector contacts:
- Switch off ignition.
- Connect test boxV.A.G 1598/18 to control unit wiring harness.
- Check lines between test boxV.A.G 1598/18 and connector for open circuit using current flow diagram. Contact 1+socket 19, contact 2+socket 33, contact 3+socket 23, contact 5+socket 1, contact 6+socket 13, line resistance: Max. 1.5 Ω
- Check lines between test boxV.A.G 1598/18 and connector for open circuit using current flow diagram. Contact 2+ sockets 23, 45, 68, contact 3+ socket 21, contact 4+ socket 19, contact 5+ socket 13, line resistance: Max. 1.5 Ω
- Also check wiring for short to one another, short to vehicle earth and short to battery positive. Specification: ∞ Ω
- Check exhaust gas recirculation valve .
Other AUDI procedures
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- Checking clutch pedal switch F36 – Audi A6 C5
- Removing and installing radiator and fan – Audi 2.5 TDI
- Removing and installing fuel gauge sender · 1 torque figures
- Checking exhaust gas recirculation and air mass meter function
- Removing and installing toothed belt – Audi · 56 torque figures
- Removing engine – Audi A8 D3 · 41 torque figures
- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
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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