Removing and installing radiator cowl with radiator fan V7 — VW
Removing and installing radiator cowl with radiator fan V7 on VW: 12 steps, engines CWXA, CWXB. 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: platform codes 602, 604, 603
📋 Procedure
- Unscrew securing bolts (arrows) for air intake (1) and remove connecting hose (2) to air filter.
- Move lock carrier into service position General body repairs, exterior50Lock carrier;; Service position.
- Remove hose clamps (1) and »hot side« connecting hose to charge air pipe.
- Separate radiator fan connector.
- Disconnect cowling with radiator fan V7 from retaining tab using a suitable tool.
- Remove cowling with radiator fan V7.
- Remove connector for radiator fan from retainer.
- Push pins out of spreader rivets (arrows).
- Carefully lift up fan ring on back of cowling using a suitable tool.
- Remove fan ring.
- Unscrew nuts (arrows) and remove radiator fan.
- Check that it is securely engaged by pulling on it.
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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.
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