Checking using compression tester: Audi A4 B9 (DESA, DETA, DEUA, DEUB)
Step-by-step checking using compression tester for the Audi A4 B9: 10 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 A4 B9 (8W, 2015–)
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📋 Procedure
- Remove engine cover panel .
- Unplug electrical connector on fuel pressure regulating valve N276(item 2).
- Briefly start engine to relieve fuel pressure in high-pressure reservoir.
- Remove all glow plugs .
- Screw in adapterV.A.G 1763/8 in place of corresponding glow plug and connect compression testerV.A.G 1763. [Note: Using the compression tester Operating instructions.]
- Have a second mechanic operate starter until tester shows no further pressure increase.
- Repeat procedure on each cylinder.
- Install glow plugs .
- Install engine cover panel .
- Erase any entries in event memory resulting from testing .
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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.
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