Removing and installing charge pressure pipe: VW Passat B8 (CUAA)
Step-by-step removing and installing charge pressure pipe for the VW Passat B8 (CUAA): 12 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 B8 (3G, 2014–)
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
- Remove engine .
- Remove bolt (2).
- To do this, push wiring harness to one side.
- Unscrew bolt (3) via the recess (arrow) behind pipe (1).
- Swing out pulsation damper at threaded connection.
- Pull pulsation damper off intake manifold on turbocharger (4).
- Pull off charge air hose (1).
- To do this, loosen clamps (arrow) on throttle valve housing.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Pull charge pressure pipe (1) off turbocharger (3).
- Check flexible joints for damage, and renew them if necessary.
- Degrease and clean flexible joints.
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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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