Removing and installing air conditioner compressor with ancillary bracket: engine codes BMK, CARA, CEXA and CEXB — VW
Removing and installing air conditioner compressor with ancillary bracket: engine codes BMK, CARA, CEXA and CEXB 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 Phaeton (3D)
- Opens: coolant
📋 Procedure
- Place drip trayVAS 6208 beneath engine.
- Drain cooling system 19.
- Unscrew bolts (6, 12) and (15).
- Unscrew bolts (9) and remove air conditioner compressor (8). Secure air conditioner compressor to body using suitable material (e.g. welding wire).
- Unscrew bolts (7) and remove ancillary bracket.
- Renewing.
- Removing poly V-belt 13.
- Removing and installing power steering vane pump 48.
- Unscrew bolts (9) and remove air conditioner compressor (8). Secure air conditioner compressor to body using suitable material (e.g. welding wire).
- Renewing. [Note: When installing poly V-belt, ensure that it is correctly seated on poly V-belt pulley.Poly V-belt routing for vehicles as of model year 2009 is described in the repair group 13 13Cylinder block, belt pulley end; Assembly overview - poly V-belt drive.]
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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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