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Removing and installing petrol tank: Audi (CPWA)

Step-by-step removing and installing petrol tank for the Audi (CPWA): 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.

14 steps 1 engine code

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Caddy IV (SA, 2015–2020)

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  • Press in circlip to release line .

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📋 Procedure

  1. Observe safety instructions .
  2. Observe rules for cleanliness .
  3. With ignition switched off, disconnect battery earth strap.
  4. Remove natural gas tank 3 and, if required, natural gas tank 2 .
  5. ⚠ Fuel supply line is pressurised. Wear eye protection and protective clothing to avoid eye injuries and skin contact. Before loosening hose connections, wrap a cloth around the connection. Then release pressure by carefully pulling hose off connection. — Disconnect fuel supply line (1) and breather line (2) from underbody. Separate plug-in connectors .
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  1. Collect escaping fuel with a cleaning cloth. [Note: Press in circlip to release line .]
  2. Loosen securing clamps of connecting hose between tank and filler neck.
  3. Remove connecting hose from tank.
  4. Support fuel tank (1) with engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A(2).
  5. Loosen fuel tank securing bolts.
  6. Slowly lower engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A until 5-pin connector can be pulled off the fuel delivery unit.
  7. Pull off 5-pin connector from fuel delivery unit flange.
  8. Disconnect breather lines from breather valves on top of tank.
  9. Lower fuel tank further with engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.