Removing cylinder head - vehicles up to 10.2005: Audi A6 C6 (ASB, BMK, BNG, BPP, …)
Step-by-step removing cylinder head - vehicles up to 10.2005 for the Audi A6 C6: 19 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 A6 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)
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- Loosen central nut (1) for high-pressure pump shaft using counterhold tool3036.
📋 Procedure
- Drain off coolant .
- Remove timing chain from camshaft on relevant cylinder bank.
- Remove intermediate pipe: left-side , right-side .
- Remove toothed belt for high-pressure pump 23.
- Loosen central nut (1) for high-pressure pump shaft using counterhold tool3036.
- Remove damper weight.
- Remove tensioning roller for toothed belt for high-pressure pump (arrow).
- Use puller T40064 to pull off belt sprocket for high-pressure pump.
- Remove bolts (arrows) and detach toothed belt cover (rear).
- Disconnect fuel supply line (2) and fuel return line (1) from high-pressure pump and move lines clear to the side.
- Remove intake manifold (top section) 23.
- Remove bottom section of intake manifold (left or right) 23.
- Remove cylinder head cover (left or right) .
- Disconnect coolant line (arrow) (left or right).
- Remove bolts (1) and (2).
- Pull coolant pipe (right-side) forwards out of cylinder block and detach coolant pipe.
- Loosen cylinder head bolts in the sequence shown.
- Unscrew bolts completely and take off cylinder head carefully.
- Lay cylinder head aside on a clean surface with the combustion chamber side facing upwards.
Other AUDI procedures
- Removing and installing coolant pipe (rear) – Audi A8 D3
- Removing and installing camshafts - cylinder head (left-side)
- Removing and installing flywheel · 3 torque figures
- Separating engine from multitronic gearbox · 1 torque figures
- Installing high-pressure pipes – Audi A6 C6 · 2 torque figures
- Removing and installing toothed belt – Audi · 56 torque figures
- Removing engine – Audi A8 D3 · 41 torque figures
- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
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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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