Removing and installing gas bottle — AUDI
Removing and installing gas bottle on Audi: 17 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: platform code SG
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📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Observe safety precautions: Liquid gas units . — Open rear cupboard doors.
- Remove cupboard shelves.
- Unscrew lid from gas bottle compartment.
- Close main shut-off valve (1).
- Unscrew union nut (2).
- Detach pressure reducer (3) from gas bottle.
- ⚠ If gas is smelt whilst removing the gas bottle ensure the vehicle is vented with fresh air immediately. Avoid sparks, fires and naked flames under all circumstances as long as gas is smelt and the cause has not been rectified - Danger of explosion! — Pull out clamping wedge (4).
- Remove gas bottle from vehicle. [Note: Only "“Camping GAZ, type 907”" butane gas bottles in conjunction with a bottle safety valve may be used]
- ⚠ Observe safety precautions: Liquid gas units . — Unscrew lid from gas bottle compartment.
- Place gas bottle in container.
- Secure pressure reducer with union nut to main shut-off valve (1).
- Open main shut-off valve and ensure that there are no leaks on gas line connections.
- ⚠ If gas is smelt whilst checking ensure the vehicle is vented with fresh air immediately. Avoid sparks, fires and naked flames under all circumstances as long as gas is smelt and the cause has not been rectified - Danger of explosion! — Close main shut-off valve.
- Raise gas bottle slightly and insert clamping wedge at side in area of pressure reducer (3).
- Check that gas bottle is securely positioned in gas bottle compartment.
- Check that gas hose is not trapped, damaged or kinked.
- Fit lid to gas bottle compartment.
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