Removing and installing oil pump drive - vehicles from model year 2014 onwards — AUDI
Removing and installing oil pump drive - vehicles from model year 2014 onwards on Audi: 13 steps, engines CDSB, CTEC.
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)
- Renewed: o-rings
📋 Procedure
- Remove timing chain cover (bottom) .
- Slacken off bolt (1) for drive sprocket (2) by several turns.
- Remove chain for auxiliary drives .
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) and detach oil pump drive (1).
- Take out oil pipe (2).
- Detach spring (4) between oil pump drive and drive shaft (3) for oil pump. [Note: Fit new O-rings.]
- Fit O-rings on oil pipe (2).
- Fit spring (4) into oil pump drive (1).
- Insert drive shaft (3) for oil pump into guide sleeve at oil pump.
- Fit oil pump drive (1) and tighten bolts (arrows) in stages.
- Install chain for auxiliary drives .
- Tighten bolt (1) for drive chain sprocket (2).
- Install timing chain cover (bottom) .
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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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