Removing and installing drive unit seal for supercharger — VW
Removing and installing drive unit seal for supercharger on VW: 23 steps, 1 torque figure, engines BLG, BMY, CAVA, CAVB.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW CC (358, 2012–2017)
- Special tools named: T10208/4, T10208, puller
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- Clean sealing surfaces carefully. They must be free of oil and grease.
- Dirt and sealant residues must not be allowed to enter the space.
- Sealant must not be applied too thickly, otherwise excess sealant may enter the space and cause damage.
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 12 Nm (8.9 lb-ft) | Tighten the new securing bolts for the drive unit to "“ |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📐 38 workshop diagrams for BLG
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
- Remove supercharger
- Secure compressor on thegearbox support T10108 with 2 bolts(arrow).
- Pry off the circlip (1) with a slot-head screwdriver (2).
- Pull out the seal (1) with the puller hooks T20143/1.
- Put together assembly cone T10208/5 and assembly sleeve T10208/4.
- Slide the new seal (1) onto the assembly sleeve in the (arrow direction)T10208/5T10208/4 via the assembly cone.
- Pull down the assembly cone T10208/5 from the assembly sleeve in the (arrow direction)T10208/4.
- Slide the assembly sleeve T10208/4 onto the compressor shaft.
- Using the thrust piece T10208/2, press in the seal via the assembly sleeve T10208/4 up to the stop.
- Press in the new circlip (1) up to the stop also using the assembly tool T10208/2.
- Undo the securing bolts for the drive unit according to the specified sequence (A) to (H).
- Turn the gearbox support T10108 until the shaft points to the floor.
- Unscrew the securing bolts and remove the drive unit (1).
- Drain compressor oil completely from drive unit.
- Collect the escaping fluid in a suitable container.
- Turn the gearbox support T10108 until the pair of gears point upwards.
- Remove sealant residues from compressor and drive unit with a rotating brush, e.g. a hand drill with a plastic brush (wear eye protection).
- Clean sealing surfaces carefully. They must be free of oil and grease.
- Dirt and sealant residues must not be allowed to enter the space.
- ⚠ Add only the oil specified in repair set Electronic parts catalogue. — Fill the space (arrow) with new oil (44 ml) from the repair set. [Note: Sealant must not be applied too thickly, otherwise excess sealant may enter the space and cause damage.]
- Apply sealant to the sealing surface on the compressor.
- Tighten the new securing bolts for the drive unit to "“12 Nm”" according to the specified sequence (A) to (H). — 12 Nm (8.9 lb-ft)
- Install supercharger
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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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