Removing and installing engine bracket, Tiguan: VW 2.0 TDI (CBAA, CBAB, CBAC, CBBA, …)
Step-by-step removing and installing engine bracket, Tiguan for the VW 2.0 TDI: 18 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 Tiguan I (5N, 2007–2016)
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- The assembly mounting may only be removed if the engine is supported with support bracket 10-222A!The engine bracket must be loosened only when the assembly mounting has been removed.
- The securing bolt (1) is accessible through an aperture in the wheel housing. If necessary, raise and lower engine using spindle of support bracket10 - 222 A to remove or start bolts (2) and (3).
- When raising and lowering engine using support bracket10-222A, ensure that no components or hoses are damaged, overstretched or torn off. — Remove securing bolts from engine bracket in sequence (3 … 1).
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
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- Set up support bracket10 - 222 A with necessary adapters as illustrated and support engine in installation position. [Note: The assembly mounting may only be removed if the engine is supported with support bracket 10-222A!The engine bracket must be loosened only when the assembly mounting has been removed.]
- Loosen bolts (B). Remove bolts (A) and (C).
- Unscrew bolts (B) and remove engine assembly mounting.
- Remove bolt securing coolant line (arrow).
- Remove front right wheel housing liner General body repairs, exterior66Wheel housing liner.
- Remove securing bolt of lower coolant line (arrow). [Note: The securing bolt (1) is accessible through an aperture in the wheel housing. If necessary, raise and lower engine using spindle of support bracket10 - 222 A to remove or start bolts (2) and (3).]
- ⚠ When raising and lowering engine using support bracket10-222A, ensure that no components or hoses are damaged, overstretched or torn off. — Remove securing bolts from engine bracket in sequence (3 … 1).
- Remove engine bracket upwards.
- ⚠ The tightening sequence and specified torques for the engine bracket securing bolts must always be followed. Otherwise the engine bracket can be stressed, causing it to break. — Insert engine bracket from above. [Note: The securing bolt (1) is accessible through an aperture in the wheel housing. If necessary, raise and lower engine using spindle of support bracket10 - 222 A to remove or start bolts (2) and (3).]
- First tighten new securing bolts hand-tight in sequence (1 … 3).
- Retighten securing bolts in tightening sequence to prescribed specified torque .
- Position engine assembly mounting and first tighten bolts (A), then (C). Specified torque
- Bring engine bracket into contact with assembly mounting using spindle.
- Fit bolts (B) and tighten. Specified torque
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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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