Removing and installing temperature sensor G18: VW Touareg II
Step-by-step removing and installing temperature sensor G18 for the VW Touareg II: 12 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 Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)
- Renewed: o-ring
📋 Procedure
- Heed the safety precautions Safety instructions.
- Also comply with general notes General notes.
- Observe repair instructions Repair notes.
- Remove auxiliary/supplementary heater .
- Dismantling and assembling auxiliary heater .
- Remove cover for combustion air blower V6.
- Push black wires to auxiliary heater control unit J364 out of chambers 10 and 11 on 14-pin connector housing.
- Unscrew bolt (1) and remove retaining clip.
- Pull out temperature sensor G18(2).
- Clean connection area and temperature sensor G18 and check for damage.
- Renew O-ring.
- Lightly moisten O-ring with coolant.
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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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