Removing and installing spray jet pop-up cylinders — AUDI
Removing and installing spray jet pop-up cylinders on Audi: 12 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: platform codes 2EA, 2ED, 2EH, 2EX, 2EB, 2EE, 2EK, 2FC, 2FF, 2FL, 2FZ, 2FG, 2FM
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- Collect leaking fluid in accordance with regulations.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
- Removing spray jet retainer .
- Remove radiator grille General body repairs, exterior66Removing radiator grille and emblem.
- Remove plastic cover (1).
- Unscrew securing bolts on headlight trim (arrows).
- Pull headlight trim (arrows) out of guides and remove it.
- Unscrew the three securing bolts (arrows).
- Detach clip (arrow) and pull hose off pop-up cylinder. [Note: Collect leaking fluid in accordance with regulations.]
- Remove pop-up cylinder together with retainer.
- Unscrew the two securing bolts (arrows) and remove pop-up cylinder from retainer.
- Install spray jet retainer .
- Adjusting headlight washer system jets .
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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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