Removing and installing pressure difference sender G5051 — VW
Removing and installing pressure difference sender G5051 on VW: 12 steps, engines CFFB, CFHB, CFHC, CLCA.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Jetta VI (16, 2010–2018), VW Golf V / Jetta (1K, 2003–2009); platform code AJ5
📐 44 workshop diagrams for CFFB
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
- Remove engine cover panel .
- Disconnect electrical connector (2).
- Unscrew bolt (3), pull pressure differential sender G505 from bracket (arrow).
- Remove retaining clips from both hoses.
- Carefully pull hoses straight off connections (connections break off pressure sensor very easily). [Note: Before installing, blow out control lines of pressure differential sender G505 to particulate filter with compressed air towards particulate filter (blocked or iced up due to condensation).Make sure that hoses are securely fitted and seal properly.If pressure hoses have been detached from particulate filter, tighten .]
- Press "“GoTo”" button.
- Press "“Function/component selection”".
- Select "“Drive”".
- "“01 - Self-diagnosis compatible systems”"
- "“01 - Engine electronics J623”"
- Select "“01 - Functions of engine electronics”".
- "“01 - Resetting learnt values (Rep. Gr. 21 - 28)”"
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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