Removing and installing activated charcoal filter - NAR vehicles — AUDI
Removing and installing activated charcoal filter - NAR vehicles on Audi: 17 steps, engines CAEB, CAED, CCTA, CCZC.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi Q3 (8U, 2011–2018); platform code 84
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
- Observe safety precautions .
- Observe rules for cleanliness .
- Remove rear wheel housing liner (right-side) General body repairs, exterior66Wheel housing liners; Removing and installing wheel housing liner (rear).
- Disconnect breather lines (1 and 3) at activated charcoal filter. Disconnecting plug-in connectors
- Detach leak diagnosis line (2) at diagnostic pump.
- Unplug electrical connector (2).
- Unscrew nuts (3) and detach activated charcoal filter from studs.
- Press in retaining hook with a screwdriver and pull activated charcoal filter (1) downwards out of retainer (arrow).
- Remove bolt (3).
- Disengage air filter (1) at activated charcoal filter (arrow).
- Release hose clip and detach vent hose (2).
- Remove bolts (4).
- Release hose clips and detach vent hoses (1 and 3).
- Detach diagnostic pump (2).
- Connect breather lines, making sure they engage audibly.
- Press breather lines in again and then pull to check that plug-in connectors are correctly engaged.
- Install rear wheel housing liner General body repairs, exterior66Wheel housing liners; Exploded view - wheel housing liner (rear).
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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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