Removing and installing fresh air intake, RHD vehicles — VW
Removing and installing fresh air intake, RHD vehicles on VW: 10 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: platform code 138
📋 Procedure
- Remove plenum chamber cover General body repairs, exterior50Bulkhead; Removing and installing plenum chamber cover.
- Remove cover (1) from plenum chamber
- Separate connector.
- Turn air quality sensor G238(1) out of bracket in clockwise direction.
- Unscrew collar nuts (arrows), and remove air intake grille upwards.
- Align air intake grille on metal collar.
- Hold air intake grille and screw on outer nut half-way onto welded stud.
- Screw on nut on opposite side.
- Tighten outer nut.
- Tighten centre nut. [Note: Seal must seat properly on air intake grille.Water may enter the fresh air intake if the 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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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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