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.
🧭 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.
📐 60 workshop diagrams for AFB
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
- Remove starter catalytic converter: vehicles with front-wheel drive , vehicles with four-wheel drive .
- Remove turbocharger .
- Remove exhaust gas recirculation cooler .
- Remove coolant pipe (rear right) .
- Remove bolt (2).
- Detach oil pipe (1).
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) and remove oil filter bracket. [Note: Renew seals and O-rings.]
- Install coolant pipe (rear right) .
- Install exhaust gas recirculation cooler .
- Install turbocharger .
- Install starter catalytic converter: vehicles with front-wheel drive , vehicles with four-wheel drive .
- Fill cooling system .
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