Removing and installing vane pump, 10-cylinder diesel engine — VW
Removing and installing vane pump, 10-cylinder diesel engine on VW: 15 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 I (7L, 2002–2010)
- Opens: power steering fluid
📋 Procedure
- Clamp suction hose with hose clamp3094.
- Remove engine with gearbox 10-cylinder diesel engine10Removing and installing engine.
- Remove air conditioning compressor Heating, air conditioning system87Air conditioning compressor.
- Unbolt turbocharger pipe from cylinder block (arrow).
- Unbolt turbocharger pipe from turbocharger (arrows) and lay to side.
- Unscrew pressure line from vane pump.
- Seal pressure line using plastic bag or suitable alternative.
- Disconnect suction line from vane pump.
- Unbolt vane pump from cylinder block.
- Fill vane pump with hydraulic fluid. Fill vane pump with fluid through intake connecting piece.
- Turn hub by hand until fluid exits from pressure side.
- Install vane pump.
- Bleed steering system .
- Check hydraulic fluid level 17.1Power steering: check hydraulic fluid level.
- Check steering system for leaks .
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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