Removing and installing tank flap unit: VW Jetta VI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Jetta VI (16, 2010–2018)

📋 Procedure

1. Open tank cap.
2. Peel rubber grommet of tank flap unit (1) off fuel filler neck (2).
3. Remove bolt (3).
4. Using removal wedge3409(A), release locking mechanism of bottom right tank flap unit (arrow 1).
5. Release remaining locking mechanisms of tank flap unit using removal wedge3409 in specified sequence (arrows 2) through (4).

6. Swing out tank flap unit with water drainage hose from side panel.
7. Insert water drainage hose (4) through opening in tank flap unit (3) and pull through water drainage hose as far as it will go.
8. Push water drainage hose(4) between wheel housing and wheel housing liner and into the side panel.
9. Insert tank flap unit (3) with hinge side leading into side panel (arrow a).
10. Then push tank flap unit fully home in side panel (arrow b), ensuring that locking lugs engage correctly in side panel.
11. Tighten bolt (2).
12. Pull rubber grommet of tank flap unit (3) over fuel filler neck (1).
13. Check function.

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