Removing and installing timing chain cover (left): VW Touareg II 3.0 TDI (CASA, CASD, CATA, CGNA, …)

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)

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• Disregard (item 1).
• Disregard (item 1, 2).
• Renew bolts for left cover for timing chain.
• Risk of eye injury.Wear safety goggles. — Remove remaining sealant on timing chain cover and cylinder head using rotating plastic brush or similar.
• Observe expiry date of sealing compound.

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📋 Procedure

1. Remove left intermediate pipe .
2. Take exhaust gas recirculation cooler changeover valve 2N381(item 3) out of retainer.
3. Remove bolts (arrows).
4. Remove coolant hose (2) and press left rear coolant pipe to side. [Note: Disregard (item 1).]
5. Unscrew bolts (3) and (4) and remove pipes for exhaust gas recirculation. [Note: Disregard (item 1, 2).]

6. Unscrew bolts (1 … 4) and detach left cover for timing chain. [Note: Renew bolts for left cover for timing chain.]
7. Remove old sealant from grooves of timing chain cover and from sealing surfaces.
8. ⚠ Risk of eye injury.Wear safety goggles. — Remove remaining sealant on timing chain cover and cylinder head using rotating plastic brush or similar.
9. Clean sealing surfaces; they must be oil and grease free. [Note: Observe expiry date of sealing compound.]
10. Cut off nozzle on tube at front marking (∅ of nozzle approx. 1.5 mm).
11. ⚠ Danger of blocking lubrication system with excess sealant.Do not apply a sealant bead that is thicker than prescribed. — Apply sealant bead to clean sealing surface of left timing chain cover as illustrated.
12. Fit seal (2). [Note: Observe expiry date of sealing compound.]
13. Cut off nozzle on tube at front marking (∅ of nozzle approx. 3 mm).
14. Apply a ∅ 3 mm bead of sealant to each transition between cylinder head and bottom timing chain cover (arrows), as shown in the illustration. [Note: The timing chain cover must be installed within 5 minutes after sealant has been applied.]
15. ⚠ Danger of blocking lubrication system with excess sealant.Do not apply a sealant bead that is thicker than prescribed. — Fit timing chain cover (left) and tighten bolts .
16. Install rear left coolant pipe .
17. Install left intermediate pipe .

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