Removing and installing front coolant pipe - vehicles from 05.2003 — AUDI
Removing and installing front coolant pipe - vehicles from 05.2003 on Audi: 18 steps, engines BCY, BRV.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A6 C5 (4B)
- Renewed: o-ring
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- Renew O-ring.Secure all hose connections with the correct type of hose clips (same as original equipment) Parts catalogue.
📋 Procedure
- Remove lock carrier .
- Remove toothed belt .
- Detach camshaft sprocket.
- Unscrew idler roller (arrow).
- Slacken nuts (1).
- Remove bolts (2) and detach toothed belt cover (rear).
- Remove intake manifold .
- Disconnect coolant hoses (1) and (2) from front coolant pipe.
- Remove bolt (3).
- Detach coolant hose (arrow) at coolant circuit valve N214.
- Remove bolts (2) and (4) and detach bracket (1) for air pipe.
- Detach front coolant pipe (3). [Note: Renew O-ring.Secure all hose connections with the correct type of hose clips (same as original equipment) Parts catalogue.]
- Install toothed belt (adjust valve timing) .
- Install lock carrier with attachments 50.
- Install front bumper 63.
- Install air cleaner housing .
- Fill up with coolant .
- Adjust headlights 94.
Other AUDI procedures
- Removing and installing turbocharger (right-side) – Audi A8 D3 · 1 torque figures
- Removing lock carrier – Audi A6 C5
- Removing and installing intake manifold - vehicles up to 04.2003
- Measuring radial clearance – Audi A6 C5 · 5 torque figures
- Removing and installing intake manifold - vehicles from 05.2003 onwards
- Removing and installing toothed belt – Audi · 56 torque figures
- Removing engine – Audi A8 D3 · 41 torque figures
- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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