Renewing crankshaft oil seal on timing chain end: VW Touareg I (BAR, BMK, CARA, CEXA, …)
Step-by-step renewing crankshaft oil seal on timing chain end for the VW Touareg I: 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 Touareg I (7L, 2002–2010)
- Special tools named: T20143/2, T10122/1, T10122/2, T10122/3
📋 Procedure
- Remove engine .
- Separate engine and gearbox .
- Secure engine to engine and gearbox supportVAS 6095.
- Remove drive plate .
- Prise out oil seal using extractor tool T20143/2.
- Clean running surface and sealing surface.
- Fit assembly aid T10122/1 onto assembly sleeve T10122/2 and slide oil seal (A) onto assembly sleeve.
- Remove assembly aid.
- Fit the assembly sleeve T10122/2 with oil seal (1) onto crankshaft.
- Press oil seal in evenly with T10122/3 until flush.
- Install drive plate .
- Install engine .
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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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