Removing engine from scissor-type assembly platform: Audi A6/A7 C7 (CEUA, CEUC, CEUD, CGTA, …)
Step-by-step removing engine from scissor-type assembly platform for the Audi A6/A7 C7: 10 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/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018)
- Special tools named: VAS 6131/13
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- Take up weight of engine with workshop hoist, but do not lift.
- Disregard (item 2).
📋 Procedure
- Remove coolant pipe (top rear) .
- Attach lifting tackle3033 to engine lifting eyes and workshop hoist as shown in illustration.
- Take up weight of engine with workshop hoist, but do not lift.
- Unplug electrical connectors (left and right) (1, 2).
- Unscrew nut (right-side) (1) and detach bracket with wiring harness from subframe. [Note: Disregard (item 2).]
- Unscrew bolt (right-side) (arrow) and detach bracket with electrical wiring harness from subframe.
- Remove bolt (arrow) for engine mounting (left-side).
- Remove bolt (arrow) for engine mounting (right-side).
- Remove support VAS 6131/13-7 from engine.
- Lift engine off engine cross member.
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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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