Removing and installing brake pressure sender 1G201: Audi A3
Step-by-step removing and installing brake pressure sender 1G201 for the Audi A3: 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 A3 (8P, 2003–2012)
- Opens: brake fluid, clutch fluid
- Special tools named: VAS 5052
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📋 Procedure
- Remove and install ABS hydraulic unit N55.
- Bleed brake system.
- Bleed clutch hydraulics: 30
- Start calibration for brake pressure sender 1G201.
- Carry out ESP road test and system test.
- Connect vehicle diagnosis, testing and information system VAS 5051 x or VAS 5052 and select function.
- See: Running gear
- Brake system (Repair group 01; 45)
- 01 - Self-diagnosis compatible systems
- 03 - Brake electronics ABS/ESP Mark 60
- J104 - Control unit for ABS/TCS/ESP, Functions
- Calibrate brake pressure sender 1G201
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