Removing and installing vane pump, V10 diesel engine: VW Phaeton
Step-by-step removing and installing vane pump, V10 diesel engine for the VW Phaeton: 16 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 Phaeton (3D)
- Opens: brake fluid, power steering fluid
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Please note the following points during all assembly work, in particular in the engine compartment, due to the narrow installation conditions:Route lines of all kinds (for example for fuel, hydraulic fluid, activated charcoal filter system, coolant, refrigerant, brake fluid, vacuum) and electrical cables so that the original line/cable routing is re-established.Make sure there is adequate clearance from all moving or hot components. — Clamp suction hose with hose clamp3094.
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- Unscrew the turbocharger pipe from the engine bracket (arrow).
- Unbolt turbocharger pipe from turbocharger (arrows) and lay to side.
- Disconnect pressure line from pump.
- Seal pressure line using plastic bag or suitable alternative.
- Pull the spring-type clip off the suction hose, and pull the suction hose off the pump.
- Unbolt vane pump from cylinder block.
- Fill vane pump with hydraulic fluid.
- Fill pump with fluid though suction connecting piece.
- Turn hub by hand until fluid exits from pressure side.
- Fit vane pump and insert all bolts.
- Bleed steering system.
- Check hydraulic fluid level .
- Check steering system for leaks .
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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