Removing and installing fresh air intake, LHD vehicles: VW Golf VII Variant / Golf VII
Step-by-step removing and installing fresh air intake, LHD vehicles for the VW Golf VII Variant / Golf VII: 10 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf VII Variant (BA), VW Golf VII (5G, 2012–2020)
📋 Procedure
- Remove plenum chamber cover General body repairs, exterior50Bulkhead; Removing and installing plenum chamber cover.
- Remove cover for fresh air intake .
- Remove air quality sensor G238 (only on vehicles with Climatronic) .
- Remove nuts (arrows).
- Take the fresh air intake (1) out of the plenum chamber.
- Align air intake grille on metal collar.
- Hold air intake grille and screw on outer nut until it reaches half of welded stud.
- Screw on nut on opposite side.
- Tighten outer nut.
- Tighten centre nut. [Note: The seal (2) must be properly seated on air intake grille.Water may ingress into the fresh air intake if the fresh air intake grille is damaged or not properly fitted. This may result in complaints about odours from the heater and air conditioning system and/or about moisture in the vehicle.]
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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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