Removing and installing fuel system diagnostic pump and activated charcoal filter — VW
Removing and installing fuel system diagnostic pump and activated charcoal filter on VW: 14 steps, engines AQP, AUE, BDE, BFH.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf IV / Bora (1J)
📐 25 workshop diagrams for AQP
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
- Raise vehicle.
- Remove rear right wheel.
- Remove rear right wheel housing liner General body repairs, exterior66Removing and installing wheel housing liner; Rear wheel housing liner.
- Unbolt cover plate in front of tank filler neck.
- Detach connector (1) from fuel system diagnostic pump V144 and disconnect breather line (2) at connection.
- Then clip breather line to activated charcoal filter solenoid valve 1N80(3) in wheel housing and unplug connection.
- You can now unscrew securing nuts (4) and remove fuel system diagnostic pump V144.
- Remove silencer .
- Then unscrew heat shield over rear silencer from floor panel.
- Next unscrew right and left anti-roll bar bearings from underbody. Running gear, axles, steering, front- and four-wheel drive42Assembly overview for subframe with final drive
- Unscrew cover beneath activated charcoal filter.
- Detach connector (1) from activated charcoal filter solenoid valve 2N115.
- Unscrew three studs (arrows) and remove activated charcoal filter from well.
- Installation of activated charcoal filter is carried out in reverse order.
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