Removing and installing coolant pipe (top) on engine — AUDI
Removing and installing coolant pipe (top) on engine on Audi: 11 steps, engines CJGA, CJGC, CJMA, CLZB.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)
- Opens: coolant
- Renewed: o-ring
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- Fit new O-ring.Secure all hose connections with the correct type of hose clips (same as original equipment) Electronic parts catalogue.
📋 Procedure
- Drain coolant .
- Remove turbocharger .
- Remove intake manifold 23.
- Release hose clip (1), lift retaining clip (2) and detach coolant hoses.
- Remove bolts (arrows) and detach coolant pipe (top) from cylinder head. [Note: Fit new O-ring.Secure all hose connections with the correct type of hose clips (same as original equipment) Electronic parts catalogue.]
- Clean and smoothen sealing surface for O-ring.
- Lubricate O-ring with coolant and slide onto coolant pipe.
- Install intake manifold 23.
- Install turbocharger .
- Connect coolant hose with plug-in connector .
- Fill up with coolant .
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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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