Removing and installing air conditioner compressor, engine codes CASA, CASD, CATA, CJGD, CJMA, CRCA — VW
Removing and installing air conditioner compressor, engine codes CASA, CASD, CATA, CJGD, CJMA, CRCA on VW: 10 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)
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- When installing, make sure connector is correctly connected to air conditioner compressor.When installing, ensure dowel sleeves are located correctly between engine and AC compressor.
📋 Procedure
- Observe safety precautions when working on the high-voltage system Safety precautions when working on high-voltage system.
- Observe safety precautions when working in the vicinity of high-voltage components Safety precautions when working in the vicinity of high-voltage components.
- Comply with notes Working on refrigerant circuit.
- Extract refrigerant with air conditioning service station. Comply with notes .
- Remove charge air hose 21.
- Removing poly V-belt 13.
- Removing and installing power assisted steering vane pump 48.
- Separate connector on air conditioner compressor.
- Separate refrigerant line from brackets (10) and (12).
- Remove refrigerant lines from air conditioner compressor. [Note: When installing, make sure connector is correctly connected to air conditioner compressor.When installing, ensure dowel sleeves are located correctly between engine and AC compressor.]
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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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