Removing and installing spray jets - vehicles up to Model Year 2002 — AUDI
Removing and installing spray jets - vehicles up to Model Year 2002 on Audi: 11 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: Audi A2 (8Z)
📋 Procedure
- Remove the wiper arm .
- Detach washer fluid pipe (3).
- If fitted, detach electrical connectors (4) and (5) for heated washer jets.
- Release hose clamp (6) with hose clamp fitting toolV.A.G 1921 and detach water drain hose from cowl panel grille.
- Detach rubber seal (1) for cowl panel grille.
- ⚠ To stop the cowl panel grille (2) being torn on removal, apply a small quantity of soap solution to the transition between the windscreen and cowl panel grille and pull the cowl panel grille vertically upwards out of the fastening strip, starting at the edge of the windscreen. — Detach the cowl panel grille (2).
- Set the washer fluid pipe aside.
- Lay wiring to relevant spray jet aside.
- Detach washer fluid pipe from relevant spray jet.
- Press back both retaining tabs using a screwdriver (arrow 1) and swivel spray jet upwards out of cowl panel grille (arrow 2).
- Adjust the wiper arm .
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