Gearbox removal & installation: Distinguishing between different types of turbo diesel engines — VW
Gearbox removal & installation — Distinguishing between different types of turbo diesel engines on VW: 12 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf Cabriolet (517, 2011–2016), VW Golf VII Variant (BA), VW Passat B7 saloon (362, 2010–2014), VW Passat B7 Variant (365, 2010–2014), VW CC (358, 2012–2017), VW Golf VII (5G, 2012–2020); platform code 137
📋 Procedure
- Removing gearbox, CC, Passat, front-wheel drive and Scirocco .
- Installing gearbox, CC, Passat, front-wheel drive and Scirocco .
- Removing gearbox, CC, Passat, all-wheel drive .
- Installing gearbox, CC, Passat, all-wheel drive .
- Removing gearbox, Golf Cabriolet .
- Installing gearbox, Golf Cabriolet .
- Removing gearbox, Golf, Golf estate, front-wheel drive .
- Installing gearbox, Golf, Golf estate, front-wheel drive .
- Removing gearbox, Golf, Golf estate, all-wheel drive .
- Installing gearbox, Golf, Golf estate, all-wheel drive .
- Removing gearbox, CC and Golf Cabriolet .
- Installing gearbox, CC and Golf Cabriolet .
Other VW procedures
- Removing engine · 41 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft – VW Golf Cabriolet · 47 torque figures
- Adjusting valve timing – VW Passat B5 · 83 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshafts – VW Passat B6 · 39 torque figures
- Removing and installing coolant pump · 53 torque figures
- Installing locking unit – VW Golf Cabriolet · 2 torque figures
- Installing hydraulic pump – VW Golf Cabriolet · 2 torque figures
- Installing side window · 2 torque figures
- Removing and installing suspension link with mounting bracket (left side for vehicles with dual clutch or automatic gearboxes)
- Removing cover for gearbox housing and 5th and 6th gears
Who makes these pages, and how
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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The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.