Removing and installing high-pressure pump (engine codes CARA, CEXA und CEXB) — VW
Removing and installing high-pressure pump (engine codes CARA, CEXA und CEXB) on VW: 11 steps, engines CARA, CEXA, CEXB, CASA.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Phaeton (3D)
- Renewed: seals
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- Risk of irreparable damage to high-pressure pump if allowed to run dry.The high-pressure pump must first be filled with fuel before the engine is started. — Install toothed belt for high-pressure pump .
- Bleed fuel system after installing high-pressure pump Fuel supply system - diesel engines20.
📋 Procedure
- Remove intake manifold upper part .
- Removing toothed belt for high-pressure pump .
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) and detach guard for high-pressure line.
- Unscrew union nuts (1 … 4) and place high-pressure lines to one side.
- Disconnect electrical connector (3).
- Remove fuel supply hose (1) and fuel return hose (2).
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) and remove high-pressure pump. [Note: If the fuel pressure regulating valve N276 or the high-pressure pump have been changed, the learnt values for the regulating valve must be reset using the vehicle diagnosis testerin guided functions; Resetting learnt values for fuel pressure regulating valve.] [Note: Renew seals and gaskets.The fuel return line must not be kinked, damaged or blocked.]
- ⚠ Risk of irreparable damage to high-pressure pump if allowed to run dry.The high-pressure pump must first be filled with fuel before the engine is started. — Install toothed belt for high-pressure pump .
- Install high-pressure lines.
- Install upper part of intake manifold .
- Bleed fuel system after installing high-pressure pump Fuel supply system - diesel engines20.
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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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