Transmission (BTJ engine) - remove and install — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 7X

• Renewed: bolts

🔩 Torque settings

Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.

ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.

📋 Procedure

1. Disconnect the BatteryAElectrical devices27 Battery - connecting and disconnecting.
2. Loosen butterfly nuts fastening the engine compartment lid and remove them.
3. Install lifting eyes in the engine. (Pulley-side 030.103.390.F and flywheel-side 030.103.390.G support eyelet.
4. Install the Hanger or 2024AVW 055 in the lifting eyes.
5. Adjust the Hanger or 2024AVW 055 on the Support or 10-222AVW 061 and raise the engine.

6. Lift the vehicle.
7. Loosen fastening screws of camshafts with thrust flanges and hang them adequately.
8. Loosen the screws fastening the couplings with the fork selector lever and remove them.
9. Disconnect the StarterB wiring harness connectors.
10. Disconnect connector for the reverse gear light switch.
11. Loosen clutch cable adjustment nut completely and disengage it, together with the guide, from the support in the transmission.
12. Loosen fastening handles for exhaust tube and hang it adequately.
13. Loosen upper bolts fastening the transmission to the engine.
14. Place the Tray for EQ 7081 hydraulic jackVAG 1359/2 under the transmission.
15. Loosen the screws (1) fastening the transmission front cushion to the running gear.
16. Loosen the fastening screws (1) and (2) for the rear cushion support of the engine and remove them.
17. Remove the screws (1) for the cross member from engine to body and the nuts for the engine cushion.
18. Remove the cross member.
19. Move the engine backwards, carefully, to ease the removal of the transmission.
20. Loosen lower screws that fasten the transmission to the engine.
21. Remove the transmission using the Tray for EQ 7081 hydraulic jackVAG 1359/2 and the Transmission jack or engine set + transmission or EQ 7081VAG 1383A.
22. Tighten fastening nuts and screws of the the engine to the transmission to 30 to 35 Nm. — 35 Nm (26 lb-ft)
23. Tighten the fastening screw of the coupling to the fork selector lever, to 17 Nm. — 17 Nm (13 lb-ft)
24. Install the constant velocity joint and tighten bolts with a torque of 40 ± 5 Nm (use new bolts). — 5 Nm (3.7 lb-ft)
25. Tighten the fastening nuts of the transmission front cushion to the running gear to 50 Nm. — 50 Nm (37 lb-ft)
26. Tighten screws from engine cross member to body to 44 Nm. — 44 Nm (32 lb-ft)
27. Tighten nuts for engine cushion on cross member to 40 Nm. — 40 Nm (30 lb-ft)
28. Tighten engine rear cushion fastening screws bracket to 59 Nm. — 59 Nm (44 lb-ft)
29. Adjust clutch cable .

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