Draining fuel tank: engine code AWT: VW Passat B5 (AUG, AWM, AWT, ACK, …)
Step-by-step draining fuel tank: engine code AWT for the VW Passat B5: 10 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)
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- Make a mark (arrow) with insulating tape on suction hose.
- Push extraction hose into fuel tank until marking on hose (arrow) coincides with shaft end.
📋 Procedure
- First check whether a coded radio is fitted. If so, obtain anti-theft coding.
- Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
- Disconnect battery earth strap Electrical system27Battery; Removing and installing battery.
- ⚠ Secure fuel extractorVAS 5190 earth wire to vehicle earth. — Remove filler cap from fuel tank filler neck.
- Pull cone piece (2) off fuel extractorVAS 5190 shaft (1).
- Make a mark (arrow) with insulating tape on suction hose.
- Screw shaft (1) of fuel extractorVAS 5190 onto fuel tank filler neck.
- Push extraction hose into fuel tank until marking on hose (arrow) coincides with shaft end.
- Empty fuel tank operating instructions.
- Carefully pull out extraction hose.
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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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