Removing and installing glow plug — VW
Removing and installing glow plug on VW: 10 steps, engines CAYC, CFFB, CKFC, CLHA. 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 A32
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- Make sure that the glow plug connectors are firmly seated.
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📐 64 workshop diagrams for CAYC
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition.
- Remove engine cover panel .
- ⚠ Make sure that no wires are damaged when disconnecting the glow plug connectors.Otherwise the whole wiring harness will need to be renewed.Do not compress the pliers3314 too firmly to pull off the glow plug connectors, since otherwise the support sleeve may be damaged. — If fitted, unscrew securing bolts of coolant line (arrows) on intake manifold.
- Place line in front of intake manifold.
- Open retaining clips (arrows) of wiring harness.
- Position pliers3314 with groove (arrow A) on support sleeve shoulder (arrow B).
- Pull connectors off glow plugs.
- Clean glow pin plug opening in cylinder head. [Note: Use a vacuum cleaner to remove coarse dirt.Spray brake cleaner or suitable cleaning agent into glow pin plug opening, let it work in briefly, and blow out with compressed air.Then use an oil-soaked cloth to clean the glow pin plug opening.]
- Use U/J extension and socket, 10 mm3220 to loosen glow plugs.
- Reconnect glow plug connectors (1) to glow plugs (arrow). [Note: Make sure that the glow plug connectors are firmly seated.]
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Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (PASSAT B7 Saloon) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
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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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