Checking injection quantity: Audi A8 D3 (APF, ASN, AVK, AVU, …)
Step-by-step checking injection quantity for the Audi A8 D3: 12 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: Audi A8 D3 (4E, 2002–2010)
- Renewed: defective fuel injector
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- Also check the spray pattern when testing the injection rate. The spray pattern should be the same for all injectors.
📋 Procedure
- Place a fuel injector in a measuring glass for injection rate testerV.A.G 1602.
- Connect one of the contacts of fuel injector to engine earth using test lead and crocodile clamp from adapter setV.A.G 1594 A.
- Connect second contact of fuel injector to the remote controlV.A.G 1348/3 A with adapter cableV.A.G 1348/3-2.
- Connect crocodile clamp to positive (+) battery terminal.
- Switch on ignition.
- Press the remote controlV.A.G 1348/3 A for 30 seconds.
- Carry out test for all fuel injectors using a new test glass each time. [Note: Also check the spray pattern when testing the injection rate. The spray pattern should be the same for all injectors.]
- Once all 6 injectors have been actuated, place measuring glasses on a level surface.
- Switch off fuel pump (switch off ignition).
- Renew defective fuel injector .
- Check fuel pressure .
- Install injectors together with fuel rail .
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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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