Removing and installing radiator fan cowling: VW Passat B8 (CLHC, CRGA, CRLB, CUPA, …)
Step-by-step removing and installing radiator fan cowling for the VW Passat B8: 18 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 B8 (3G, 2014–)
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- Danger of injury; the radiator fans can run at any time.Disconnect electrical connectors before starting work in the area of the radiator fan cowling. — Remove engine cover panel .
📋 Procedure
- Remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Assembly overview - noise insulation.
- ⚠ Danger of injury; the radiator fans can run at any time.Disconnect electrical connectors before starting work in the area of the radiator fan cowling. — Remove engine cover panel .
- Remove air filter housing .
- Remove bolt (arrow) on both sides.
- Unclip air duct (bottom section) (1) and detach.
- Release connector (arrow) and pull off.
- Using a suitable tool, release radiator cowl together with radiator fan from locking device.
- Simultaneously press locking tabs on left and right of radiator fan cowling.
- Push radiator fan cowling together with radiator fan upwards out of mountings, and remove downwards.
- Unplug electrical connector (1) for radiator fan (push retainer in direction of (arrow A) and press release catch down).
- Simultaneously press locking tabs on left and right of radiator cowling (arrow B).
- Pull radiator fan cowling upwards and remove from radiator.
- Take out radiator fan cowling from underneath.
- Release and pull off connector (1) on radiator fan.
- To do this, push securing mechanism towards rear (arrow A), and press down release mechanism.
- Press locking tabs on left and right of radiator fan cowling (arrow B).
- Pull radiator fan cowling upwards and remove from radiator.
- Take out radiator fan cowling from underneath.
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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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