Removing and installing exhaust gas temperature sender 4G648, CC — VW
Removing and installing exhaust gas temperature sender 4G648, CC on VW: 11 steps, engines CUVA, CUVC, CUVE, CUWA.
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), VW CC (358, 2012–2017), VW Sharan II / SEAT Alhambra (7N, 2010–)
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- Take care to protect exhaust gas temperature sender from knocks and impact; if dropped, the exhaust gas temperature sender can no longer be used.
📋 Procedure
- Observe safety precautions .
- Observe rules for cleanliness .
- Remove engine cover panel .
- Release and pull off connector for exhaust gas temperature sender 4G648.
- Release lines from retainers on plenum chamber bulkhead and on turbocharger.
- Release and pull off connector.
- Lay wiring harness to one side.
- Lay wires to one side.
- Remove exhaust temperature sender 4G648(arrow). [Note: Take care to protect exhaust gas temperature sender from knocks and impact; if dropped, the exhaust gas temperature sender can no longer be used.]
- ⚠ Loose exhaust gas temperature senders cause malfunctions.The threads of the exhaust temperature sender are coated. Do NOT additionally coat with high-temperature paste and always adhere to the prescribed specified torque. — Electrical connections and routing Electrical system97Relay carriers, fuse carriers, electronics boxes; Overview of fitting locations - relay carriers, fuse carriers, electronics boxes, and .
- Fit engine cover panel .
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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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