Removing and installing air intake unit — AUDI
Removing and installing air intake unit on Audi: 14 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 code 42
📋 Procedure
- Switch off the ignition.
- Remove the luggage compartment pan 70.
- Unplug the connectors (D).
- Screw out the bolts (B).
- Remove the air intake unit (C).
- Check the seal (A) for damage and proper installation in the air intake unit (B).
- Check the socket (A) for damage and correct installation at the air conditioning unit and in the back wall of the plenum chamber.
- Check the water drain (E) for damage and contamination and clean if necessary .
- Position the air intake unit (C) at the back wall of the plenum chamber.
- Tighten the bolts (B).
- Install the luggage compartment pan 70.
- Interrogate the event recorder and erase any faults displayed.
- Implement basic setting.
- Implement final control diagnosis.
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