Removing and installing combination valve (left-side) - USA vehicles — AUDI
Removing and installing combination valve (left-side) - USA vehicles on Audi: 10 steps, engines CALB.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi Q5 (8R, 2008–2017)
- Renewed: gasket
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- Disregard items (2, 3, 4) and (arrows).
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
- Remove front silencer (left-side) .
- Remove body brace Running gear, axles, steering40Suspension strut, upper links; Removing and installing body brace.
- Remove electrical connector (1) for Lambda probe 2 after catalytic converter G131 from bracket, unplug and move wiring clear. [Note: Disregard items (2, 3, 4) and (arrows).]
- Remove nuts (arrows) and bolt (1), detach catalytic converter (left-side) from exhaust manifold and move to rear.
- Remove bolts (arrows) and detach heat shield (1).
- Remove bolts (3) for secondary air system hose.
- Detach vacuum hose (2) from combination valve for secondary air system.
- Unscrew bolts (1) and detach combination valve for secondary air system. [Note: Renew gasket.]
- Install catalytic converter (left-side) .
- Install body brace Running gear, axles, steering40Suspension strut, upper links; Removing and installing body brace.
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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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