Bleeding fuel system (engine codes BEV and BGD only) — VW
Bleeding fuel system (engine codes BEV and BGD only) on VW: 15 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
- Remove cover over fuse holder.
- Pull fuse No. 28 out of fuse holder.
- Connect remote controlV.A.G 1348/3A with adapter cableV.A.G 1348/3-2 to contact 28a to fuel pump and battery (+) positive.
- Remove pressure hose between secondary air pump and combination valve.
- Unscrew cap (arrow) from bleed valve.
- Fit adapterV.A.G 1318/20-1 into adapterV.A.G 1318/20.
- Turn valve (on T-piece) anti-clockwise until it is fully open.
- Screw adapterV.A.G 1318/20 hand-tight onto bleed valve.
- Connect the hose of diesel suction pumpVAS 5226 as shown.
- Turn the valve (on T-piece) clockwise into the breather valve onto limit stop.
- Check adapter and hose connections for leaks.
- Operate remote controlV.A.G 1348/3A until bubble-free fuel comes out of the breather valve.
- Turn valve (on T-piece) anti-clockwise until it is fully open again.
- Pull hose off diesel suction pumpVAS 5226 (e.g. with hose clamps3094) and then off adapterV.A.G 1318/20-1.
- Remove adapterV.A.G 1318/20 from breather valve.
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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.
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