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Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection — VW

Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection on VW: 11 steps, engines CLNA, CWXA, CWXB.

Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

11 steps 3 engine codes engine codes merged from 2 documented variants

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 602, 604, 603

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  • The readiness code must be generated if the event memory has been cleared.

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📐 62 workshop diagrams for CLNA

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection — CLNA · diagram 1
Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection — CLNA · diagram 2
Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection — CLNA · diagram 3
Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection — CLNA · diagram 4
Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection — CLNA · diagram 5
Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection — CLNA · diagram 6
Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection — CLNA · diagram 7
Removing and installing engine control unit with no anti-theft protection — CLNA · diagram 8
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📋 Procedure

  1. Switch off ignition.
  2. Switch off ignition.
  3. Release connectors on engine control unit and pull off connector.
  4. Press clips (arrows A) outwards and pull engine control unit out to side (B).
  5. Insert new engine control unit and press to the left.
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  1. Fit connectors and lock in position.
  2. If engine control unit has been renewed, clear learnt values and adapt engine control unit Vehicle diagnostic tester"“Guided function”".
  3. Read event memory, rectify any faults and then clear event memory "“Guided fault finding”".
  4. The readiness code must be generated if the event memory has been cleared.
  5. Carry out a road test.
  6. Read control unit event memory again.
Workshop diagrams

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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.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.