Supporting engine in installation position - engine codes CUKB, CXUA — AUDI
Supporting engine in installation position - engine codes CUKB, CXUA on Audi: 18 steps, engines CJZA, CMBA, CPTA, CSSA.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A3 (8V, 2012–2020); platform code 85
- Special tools named: T40091/3
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- If adapter 10-222A/4 does not yet have hole (marked with (arrow)), hole must now be drilled into adapter.
- Disregard (item 1).
- Tighten spindles 10-222A/11 slightly to take up weight of engine/gearbox assembly; do not lift.
- High voltage can cause fatal injury.Danger of severe or fatal injuries from electric shock.The high-voltage system must be re-energised by a "“high-voltage technician”". — Re-energise high-voltage system .
📋 Procedure
- If adapter 10-222A/4 does not yet have hole (marked with (arrow)), hole must now be drilled into adapter.
- ⚠ High voltage can cause fatal injury.Danger of severe or fatal injuries from electric shock.The high-voltage system must be de-energised by a "“high-voltage technician”".Work on the de-energised high-voltage system may only be performed by an "“electrically instructed person”". — De-energise high-voltage system .
- Remove power and control electronics for electric driveJX1.
- Remove plenum chamber cover General body repairs, exterior50Bulkhead; Removing and installing plenum chamber cover.
- Remove engine cover panel .
- Detach cover caps on bolted connections for suspension struts (front).
- Position 10-222A/31-1 and 10-222A/31-2 on mountings for suspension struts.
- Fit adapter10-222A/4 with T40091/3, as shown in illustration.
- Remove bolt (2). [Note: Disregard (item 1).]
- Set up further tools on left side of engine compartment as shown in illustration.
- Screw bolt M12x1, 5x95 (item 1) with lifting eye (2) from lifting tackle2024A several turns into gearbox and attach hook of spindle10-222A/11.
- Set up further tools on right side of engine compartment as shown in illustration.
- Attach hook of spindle10-222A/11 to engine lifting eye (right-side).
- Tighten spindles 10-222A/11 slightly to take up weight of engine/gearbox assembly; do not lift.
- Install engine cover panel .
- Install plenum chamber cover General body repairs, exterior50Bulkhead; Removing and installing plenum chamber cover.
- Install power and control electronics for electric driveJX1.
- ⚠ High voltage can cause fatal injury.Danger of severe or fatal injuries from electric shock.The high-voltage system must be re-energised by a "“high-voltage technician”". — Re-energise high-voltage system .
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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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