Removing and installing misfuelling prevention device, plastic cap — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)

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• When installed correctly the marks on the locking ring and on the fuel filler neck must align (arrows).

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Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

📋 Procedure

1. Observe safety precautions .
2. Observe rules for cleanliness .
3. Open tank flap.
4. Clean area around fuel filler neck.
5. Unscrew cap from fuel filler neck (arrow).

6. Release locking ring locking lug with, for example, a T15 Torx screwdriver(arrow).
7. Insert circlip pliers into both holes (arrows) of locking ring.
8. Turn locking ring approx. 25° anti-clockwise.
9. Tilt locking ring in fule filler neck and remove ring through cut-out (arrows) for sealing cap.
10. Pull protection against filling with incorrect fuel out of fuel filler neck (arrow), use circlip pliers, if necessary.
11. Insert misfuelling prevention device in fuel filler neck.
12. Insert smaller lug in misfuelling prevention device into groove in fuel filler neck (arrows).
13. Install locking ring using circlip pliers, in process turn locking ring 25° clockwise.
14. When installed correctly the marks on the locking ring and on the fuel filler neck must align (arrows).

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