Removing and installing oil retention valve and spray nozzle valve — VW
Removing and installing oil retention valve and spray nozzle valve on VW: 16 steps, engines BAR. 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 Touareg I (7L, 2002–2010)
- Renewed: seals
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- Unscrew high-pressure lines (3) and (8) from fuel rail connections. To do this, counterhold using an open-end spanner on the hexagon drive and loosen the union nut.
- Unscrew union nuts (2 and 3). To do this, counterhold on hexagon using an open-end spanner.
- Renew seals and O-rings.
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
- Remove intake manifold .
- Unscrew bolts (1, 4, 5, 6, 7) on high-pressure line clamps and remove.
- Disconnect electrical connectors at injectors.
- Unscrew high-pressure lines (2) and (9) from fuel rail connections.
- Unscrew high-pressure lines (3) and (8) from fuel rail connections. To do this, counterhold using an open-end spanner on the hexagon drive and loosen the union nut.
- Remove high-pressure lines.
- Remove intake manifold .
- Unscrew fuel pipe securing bolts (1).
- Unscrew union nuts (2 and 3). To do this, counterhold on hexagon using an open-end spanner.
- Remove fuel pipe.
- Unscrew bolts (arrows).
- Remove cover (2) with hose (1) for crankcase breather.
- Remove gasket.
- Pull out oil retention valve (1) and spray nozzle valve (2). [Note: Renew seals and O-rings.]
- Install high-pressure lines as described under "“Removing and installing injectors”".
- Install intake manifold.
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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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