Removing and installing vane pump, 6-cylinder petrol engine — VW
Removing and installing vane pump, 6-cylinder petrol engine on VW: 17 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
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- Mark direction of rotation of poly V-belt.
- When removing vane pump pulley, observe shim located behind it. It is important for the measurement and adjustment of the vane pump.Do not yet remove shim from vane pump gear.
📋 Procedure
- Remove noise insulation for engine General body repairs, exterior50Assembly overview - noise insulation.
- Mark direction of rotation of poly V-belt.
- Screw bolt M8 x 50 into threaded hole in tensioning roller until poly V-belt is relieved of tension.
- Unbolt belt pulley from vane pump.
- Remove poly V-belt. [Note: When removing vane pump pulley, observe shim located behind it. It is important for the measurement and adjustment of the vane pump.Do not yet remove shim from vane pump gear.]
- Clamp suction hose with hose clamp3094.
- Unscrew banjo bolt.
- Seal pressure line using plastic bag or suitable alternative.
- Open spring-type clip and pull suction hose off vane pump.
- Unbolt and remove vane pump.
- 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 .
- Install vane pump.
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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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