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Removing and installing metering pump V54: VW Golf Sportsvan

Step-by-step removing and installing metering pump V54 for the VW Golf Sportsvan: 16 steps. 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.

16 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Golf Sportsvan (AM1, 2014–2020)

  • Renewed: bracket

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  • There are different types of the metering pump V54Electronic parts catalogue.Different versions; only metering pump V54 with end sealing valve permissible; pay attention to correct part number Electronic Parts Catalogue
  • If fuel lines make contact with body, they can transfer sound.
  • Check that fuel lines are correctly seated and routed; fuel lines must not make contact with body (risk of transferring sound).

📋 Procedure

  1. Switch off electrical consumers.
  2. Switch off auxiliary and supplementary heater and switch off ignition.
  3. Lower fuel tank until metering pump V54 is accessible 20Fuel tank; Removing and installing fuel tank.
  4. Press retaining tabs of bracket (1) in (direction of arrow) to side, using a suitable tool.
  5. Push up metering pump V54(5) with bracket (1) to remove upwards from fuel tank.
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  1. Separate connector (2) from metering pump V54(5).
  2. Take metering pump V54(5) out of guides (4).
  3. Release quick-release coupling of fuel line (3). Seal fuel lines.
  4. Open clip (6) and pull fuel lines off metering pump V54(5). Seal fuel lines. [Note: There are different types of the metering pump V54Electronic parts catalogue.Different versions; only metering pump V54 with end sealing valve permissible; pay attention to correct part number Electronic Parts Catalogue]
  5. Renew bracket if retaining tabs (1) and (5) are damaged or broken off.
  6. Renew O-type clip (7).
  7. Insert metering pump V54(6) into bracket so that O-type clips (8) are seated in guides (5) and connector (2) does not make contact with bracket.
  8. Engage electrical wire (3) in guides (arrows).
  9. Install bracket with metering pump V54(6) ensuring proper engagement of retaining tabs (1).
  10. Check that fuel lines are properly secured in retainers (5). [Note: If fuel lines make contact with body, they can transfer sound.]
  11. Check that fuel lines are correctly seated and routed; fuel lines must not make contact with body (risk of transferring sound).

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.