Removing and installing headlight washer jet - vehicles with 3.0 ltr. TDI engine — AUDI
Removing and installing headlight washer jet - vehicles with 3.0 ltr. TDI engine on Audi: 14 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)
- Special tools named: 3094
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- Place a cloth underneath to catch escaping fluid.
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect earth cable from battery with ignition switched off .
- Remove front impact bar General body repairs, exterior63Bumper (front); Removing and installing impact bar.
- Release catch (arrow) and open cover (4).
- Disconnect electrical wiring (1) and (2).
- Remove bolt (3).
- Slide fuse holder (front end) upwards and detach from lock carrier.
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) on lower longitudinal member.
- Release hose clip and remove charge air hose (1).
- Pull lock carrier (4) forwards (arrow) so that bolts (3) on bracket (2) for charge air pipe can be removed.
- Disconnect fluid hose (1) using hose clamp 3094. [Note: Place a cloth underneath to catch escaping fluid.]
- Release retaining clip (3) and pull washer fluid hose (4) off washer jet.
- Press retaining springs (1) on washer jet upwards to release (arrow) and at the same time take washer jet (2) out of retainer towards rear.
- Retaining springs (3) and (4) on washer jet (2) will not engage audibly unless side guide (1) is correctly inserted in retainer (5).
- Connect battery. Steps required .
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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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