Removing and installing exhaust gas recirculation cooler, high pressure — VW
Removing and installing exhaust gas recirculation cooler, high pressure on VW: 15 steps, engines CUSA, CUSB, CUTA, CYZA.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Polo 6C (2014–2017)
📋 Procedure
- Remove engine cover .
- Remove air filter housing .
- Unscrew nuts (1) and bolts (3), and remove bracket (2).
- Remove battery and battery tray Electrical system27Battery.
- Open clamp (1), unscrew bolts (3), and remove exhaust gas recirculation pipe (2).
- Using suitable workshop equipment, clamp off coolant hoses, open clamps (1) and (2), and pull off hoses.
- Unclip, release and pull off connector (3).
- Remove charge air cooler .
- Unscrew bolts (1), and remove pulsation damper (2).
- Unscrew bolts (3) and (5), and remove exhaust gas recirculation pipe (4).
- Unscrew bolt (1) and nut (2).
- Unscrew bolts (1) through (4), and remove exhaust gas recirculation cooler (5).
- Install charge-air cooler.
- Install battery and battery tray Electrical system27Battery.
- Install air filter housing .
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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.
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