Removing and installing intermediate pipe (right side) — VW
Removing and installing intermediate pipe (right side) on VW: 15 steps, engines BKS, BUN, CASA, CASB.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Touareg I (7L, 2002–2010)
- Opens: coolant
- Renewed: seals
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- For better access, remove electrical connection for Lambda probe 2G108 from retainer on right suspension strut dome.
- For greater clarity, shown with engine removed.
📋 Procedure
- Carefully pull engine cover panel off four retaining pins one after the other (arrows).
- Drain coolant .
- Unclip breather hose (1) for differential from upper part of air filter housing.
- Disconnect electrical connector (3) at air mass meter G70.
- Remove air hose (4) from turbocharger.
- Release retaining clips (2) and remove upper part of air filter housing. [Note: For better access, remove electrical connection for Lambda probe 2G108 from retainer on right suspension strut dome.]
- Press securing ring (1) forwards off hose coupling.
- Press release ring (2) down (arrows) and pull breather hose (3) off upper part of air filter housing.
- Remove electrical connector (arrow) from bracket and separate.
- Unbolt bracket for electrical connector from cylinder head cover.
- Detach coolant hose (arrow) from coolant expansion tank.
- Unscrew bolts (2) and (3).
- Separate air pipe from hoses (1) and (4) and remove it downwards.
- Remove threaded connections (1 … 4) and remove intermediate pipe. [Note: For greater clarity, shown with engine removed.] [Note: Renew seals and gaskets.]
- Fill with coolant .
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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.
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