Checking fuel tank breather, engine codes BDL, BKK — AUDI
Checking fuel tank breather, engine codes BDL, BKK on Audi: 10 steps, engines AXA, BDL, BKK, CJKA. 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: VW Transporter T5 (7H), VW Transporter T5 (7J), VW Transporter T6 (7E), VW Transporter T6 (7F)
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- Press in button on hose coupling to do this.
- Operate hand vacuum pumpV.A.G 1390 repeatedly. No vacuum must develop.
📋 Procedure
- Pull breather line (1) off breather line in engine compartment. [Note: Press in button on hose coupling to do this.]
- Connect vacuum testerV.A.G 1368 to free breather line via union »A«.
- Connect hand vacuum pumpV.A.G 1390 to vacuum testerV.A.G 1368 connection »B«.
- Set vacuum tester to position »A/B«.
- Operate hand vacuum pumpV.A.G 1390 repeatedly. No vacuum must develop.
- Check all lines, start at activated charcoal filter and work forwards to throttle valve module J338.
- Pull breather hose (1) off connection (2) on intake manifold.
- Connect hand-operated vacuum pumpV.A.G 1390 to connection (2) and operate pump several times.
- heck breather hose (1) between throttle valve module J338 and breather line.
- When doing this, observe the activated charcoal filter solenoid valve 1N80(2) is closed when not supplied with current.
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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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