Checking vane pump delivery pressure, V6 TDI engine: VW Passat B5
Step-by-step checking vane pump delivery pressure, V6 TDI engine for the VW Passat B5: 11 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.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Passat B5 (3B)
📋 Procedure
- Clamp suction hose with hose clamp3094.
- Remove banjo bolt (1).
- Fit V.A.G adapter as shown in diagram.
- Insert four seals between adapterV.A.G 1402/2 and banjo bolt.
- Remove hose clamp3094 from suction line.
- Start engine and, if necessary, top up fluid level in reservoir.
- Turn steering wheel approx. 10 times from lock to lock.
- Now check delivery pressure.
- With engine running at idling speed, close shut-off valve (not longer than 5 seconds) and read pressure.
- Move lever to position (1).
- Now check delivery pressure.
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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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