Engine code BMK — VW
Engine code BMK on VW: 12 steps, engines BMK. 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 Phaeton (3D)
- Renewed: all seals
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- Plug open connections with suitable sealing caps immediately.
- Always read rules for cleanliness and instructions for working on fuel system .Follow these instructions before starting work and while working on the fuel system. — Unscrew union nuts (arrows) and remove high-pressure lines.
- Disregard (item 1).
- Ensure that high-pressure lines are not under tension.
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📐 20 workshop diagrams for BMK
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
- Remove engine cover panel .
- Pull off vacuum hoses (1) and (2). [Note: Plug open connections with suitable sealing caps immediately.]
- ⚠ Always read rules for cleanliness and instructions for working on fuel system .Follow these instructions before starting work and while working on the fuel system. — Unscrew union nuts (arrows) and remove high-pressure lines.
- Unscrew connections for fuel supply line (2) and fuel return line (1) at high-pressure pump and move fuel lines aside.
- Disconnect air intake hose (5).
- Disconnect electrical connector (4).
- Remove bolts (2) and (3). [Note: Disregard (item 1).]
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) and remove upper part of intake manifold. [Note: Renew all seals and gaskets. Hose connections and hoses for charge air system must be free of oil and grease before assembly.Check for dirt or leaves in intake passages; clean if necessary.Secure all hose connections with hose clips (same as original equipment) Parts catalogue.]
- Tighten union nuts on high-pressure lines finger-tight initially.
- Ensure that high-pressure lines are not under tension.
- To tighten unions of high-pressure line at high-pressure pump, use torque wrenchV.A.G 1331 with open ring tool insertV.A.G 1331/8.
- To tighten high-pressure lines at high-pressure accumulators (rail elements), use torque wrenchV.A.G 1331 with ratchetV.A.G 1331/1 and socket, 14 mm3150.
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