Removing and installing fuel filter, engine codes CKRA, CFFB — VW
Removing and installing fuel filter, engine codes CKRA, CFFB on VW: 17 steps, engines CFFB, CKRA. 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.
📋 Procedure
- Observe safety precautions (see the separate procedure).
- Observe rules for cleanliness (see the separate procedure).
- Observe notes reference fuel hoses in the engine compartment (see the separate procedure).
- Detach plug-on connectors (A) and (B) of fuel lines. Separate plug-in connectors (see the separate procedure).
- Unclip bracket for coolant hose (1).
- Then, move fuel filter clear to one side with lines attached.
- Undo bolts in the sequence shown.
- Catch any escaping fuel.
- Detach plug-on connectors (A) and (B) of fuel lines. Separate plug-in connectors (see the separate procedure).
- Unclip bracket for coolant hose (1).
- Open clips and pull off fuel hoses (2) to (4).
- Disconnect plug connector (1) on the fuel temperature sender G81.
- Unclip fuel hoses.
- Unscrew filter (7) on the mountings (1) to (3).
- Take fuel filter out upwards.
- Catch any escaping fuel.
- Bleed fuel system 23Injection system; Filling/bleeding fuel system.
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