Removing and installing oil pressure switch: VW 2.0 TDI (CFFA, CFFB, CFFD, CFGB, …)
Step-by-step removing and installing oil pressure switch for the VW 2.0 TDI: 10 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.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Passat CC (357, 2008–2012), VW Touran I (1T, 2003–2015), VW Tiguan I (5N, 2007–2016), VW Golf VI (5K, 2008–2013), VW Passat B7 saloon (362, 2010–2014), VW Passat B7 Variant (365, 2010–2014); platform codes 137, 521, 1F8
- Renewed: seal
📋 Procedure
- Remove engine cover panel .
- Remove crankcase breather hose (1), press release buttons for this.
- Free vacuum hoses (arrows).
- Remove air pipe from air filter housing; release hose clip (3) for this.
- Unscrew bolt (2), swing air pipe with inlet connection to rear and pull off from turbocharger.
- Unscrew bolts (2) and (3), remove engine lifting eyes (1).
- Disconnect electrical connector (arrow).
- Remove oil pressure switch F1. [Note: Renew seal.]
- Install vacuum line to exhaust gas recirculation cooler .
- Installing intake pipe .
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- Installing a new balancer shaft module – VW · 5 torque figures
- Removing engine · 41 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft – VW Golf Cabriolet · 47 torque figures
- Adjusting valve timing – VW Passat B5 · 83 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshafts – VW Passat B6 · 39 torque figures
- Removing and installing coolant pump · 53 torque figures
Who makes these pages, and how
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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