Renewing bottle with tyre sealant: VW Sharan I / SEAT Alhambra
Step-by-step renewing bottle with tyre sealant for the VW Sharan I / SEAT Alhambra: 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 Sharan I / SEAT Alhambra (7M)
📋 Procedure
- Unclip the housing on the lower part of the retainer and pull the housing upwards.
- Turn the bottle counter-clockwise and remove it from the retainer.
- Unscrew the knurled nut (arrow) from the bottle for the hose leading from the compressor to the bottle.
- Dispose of the bottle
- Carefully place the knurled nut on the thread (1) and tighten it by hand.
- Insert new bottle with tyre sealant into retainer.
- Turn bottle clockwise onto stop.
- Secure hose (arrow A) in the hose guide.
- Roll up cable with connector for compressor power supply and place it in the recess under the pressure gauge.
- Fit housing.
- Roll up the hose with tyre inflating connection and place it in the housing recess.
- Stick the new sticker from the repair kit on the housing (arrow).
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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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