Removing and installing coolant pipes (right-side): Audi A8 D4 (CAXA, CAYB, CAYC, CEJA, …)
Step-by-step removing and installing coolant pipes (right-side) for the Audi A8 D4: 10 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 A8 D4 (4H, 2010–2017)
- 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
- Remove exhaust manifolds with catalytic converters (right-side) .
- Release hose clip (3) and detach coolant hose.
- Unscrew bolt (arrow) and remove coolant pipe (1) with bracket (2).
- Detach heat shield sleeve (1).
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Release hose clips (2 and 4), lift retaining clip (3) and detach coolant hoses.
- Detach coolant pipes. [Note: Fit new O-ring.Secure all hose connections with the correct type of hose clips (same as original equipment) Electronic parts catalogue.]
- Install alternator Electrical system27Alternator; Removing and installing alternator.
- Install exhaust manifold with catalytic converters (right-side) .
- Connect coolant hose with plug-in connector .
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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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