Renewing diesel direct injection system control unit J248 — VW
Renewing diesel direct injection system control unit J248 on VW: 13 steps, engines AMF. 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: platform code 6N1
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📐 41 workshop diagrams for AMF
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
- First print out the control unit identification and thereby the previous control unit coding as follows:
- Connect fault readerV.A.G 1551 and select engine electronics control unit with "“address word 01”".
- Print out the control unit identification by pressing the fault reader Print button.
- Press GoTo button.
- Press buttons 0 and 6 for function "“End output”" and confirm entry with Q button.
- Switch off ignition.
- Remove wiper arms and cowl panel: 92
- Release connectors on diesel direct injection system control unit J248 and unplug connectors.
- Unclip thediesel direct injection system control unit J248 from the retainer (arrows).
- Install the new diesel direct injection system control unit J248.
- Check the previous coding and code the new diesel direct injection system control unit J248
- Adapt engine control unit to electronic immobilizer .
- Then interrogate the fault memory of the new engine control unit and erase the fault memory if necessary, erase fault memory .
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