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Removing and installing engine mounting — AUDI

Removing and installing engine mounting on Audi: 16 steps, engines CAAA, CAAB, CAAC, CAAD. 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.

16 steps 15 engine codes engine codes merged from 5 documented variants

📐 31 workshop diagrams for CAAA

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

Removing and installing engine mounting — CAAA · diagram 1
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📋 Procedure

  1. Remove air filter housing .
  2. Support engine in its installation position .
  3. Lift retaining clip (not visible in picture) and pull pressure hose (1) off charge air cooler (arrow).
  4. Unscrew bolt (2) from pressure pipe (1).
  5. ⚠ Do not loosen the screw-type clip (1) and pull back over the pressure hose. Risk of damage to the pressure hose! — Open screw-type clip (1) far enough to enable removal of pressure hose.
CAAA? Steps differ between engine variants — check this job against your exact car before you commit to it. Check my car — free →
  1. Detach connecting hose on pulsation damper and lay aside.
  2. Remove plenum chamber bulkhead on left and right General body repairs, exterior50Bulkhead; Removing and installing bulkhead.
  3. If fitted, remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Removing and installing noise insulation. [Note: The engine mounting may only be removed if the engine is supported with support bracket10 - 222 A!]
  4. Unscrew bolt (1) from engine mounting (5).
  5. Unscrew bolts (2) of engine carrier (4) out of engine support (3).
  6. Remove nut (2) and holder (1) for power-assisted steering pressure line.
  7. Unscrew bolts of engine support in sequence (3…1).
  8. Remove engine support.
  9. ⚠ The tightening sequence and specified torques for the engine support bolts must always be followed. Otherwise the engine support can be stressed and it can break. — Insert engine support.
  10. Tighten new bolts.
  11. Use the spindle to bring the engine support to rest on the engine mounting.
Workshop diagrams

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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.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.