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Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH — AUDI

Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH on Audi: 12 steps, engines AFB, AKE, AKN, AYM.

Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

12 steps 9 engine codes engine codes merged from 2 documented variants

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H), Audi A4 B6/B7 (8E)

  • Opens: coolant
  • Renewed: seals

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  • Renew seals and O-rings.

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📐 60 workshop diagrams for AFB

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

Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH — AFB · diagram 1
Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH — AFB · diagram 2
Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH — AFB · diagram 3
Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH — AFB · diagram 4
Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH — AFB · diagram 5
Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH — AFB · diagram 6
Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH — AFB · diagram 7
Removing and installing oil filter bracket - engine code letters BDG, BDH — AFB · diagram 8
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📋 Procedure

  1. Remove starter catalytic converter: vehicles with front-wheel drive , vehicles with four-wheel drive .
  2. Remove turbocharger .
  3. Remove exhaust gas recirculation cooler .
  4. Remove coolant pipe (rear right) .
  5. Remove bolt (2).
AFB? Steps differ between engine variants — check this job against your exact car before you commit to it. Check my car — free →
  1. Detach oil pipe (1).
  2. Unscrew bolts (arrows) and remove oil filter bracket. [Note: Renew seals and O-rings.]
  3. Install coolant pipe (rear right) .
  4. Install exhaust gas recirculation cooler .
  5. Install turbocharger .
  6. Install starter catalytic converter: vehicles with front-wheel drive , vehicles with four-wheel drive .
  7. Fill cooling system .
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.

Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.