Upper Engine Cover, Removing and Installing
Upper Engine Cover, Removing and Installing
CAUTION!
• To install engine cover or to engage at mounting points, be sure not to strike the engine cover with a fist or tool, danger of damage.
2.0L TSI
Removing
- Disengage engine cover at the retaining points - arrows - and remove engine cover upward.
Installing
- Set engine cover onto retaining points - arrows - and press it on, until it is engages.
2.0L TFSI
Removing
- Remove bolts from air intake - arrows A -.
- Disconnect connector - 1 - from Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor and set connector aside.
- Release both fastening clips - A arrows -.
- First release engine cover at - arrow 3 -, then - arrow 4 - and raise.
Installing
Installation is the reverse of removal.
2.0L FSI
Removing
- Unclip engine cover at mounting points - arrows - and remove upward.
Installing
Installation is the reverse of removal.
2.5L
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Spring type clip pliers (VAS 5024A)
Removing
- Remove bolts from air intake - arrows A -.
- Release the clamp from the mass air flow (MAF) sensor - arrow B - with the spring-type clip pliers (VAS 5024A) and push it back.
- Disconnect the air intake hose - 1 - from the Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor - 2 -.
- Disconnect connector - arrow C - from Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor and lay connector aside.
- First, pull the engine cover at the fastening points - arrows A - carefully out from the retainer.
- Lift the front of the engine cover slightly.
- Then, pull engine cover carefully at mounting points - arrows B - out of retainer.
- Carefully lift the engine cover upward and out - movement - arrows -.
• Make sure that the Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor is not damaged when removing the engine cover.
Installing
- First place engine cover on to rear mounting points - arrows B -, then on to front mounting points - arrows A -.
Carefully press by hand on to mounting points until engine cover engages audibly.
• Make sure that the Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor is not damaged when installing the engine cover.
• Installation is reverse of removal.
1.9L TDI PD
Removing
• Engine cover consists of two individual parts.
• 1. the outer part, shown shaded in illustration
• 2. the center part, shown not shaded here in illustration
- Carefully disengage engine cover in the following sequence at the individual fastening points and raise up.
• - 1 -, - 3 -, - 2 -, - 4 -.
- Remove outer part - 1 -.
- Carefully release center part - 2 - and raise slightly.
Installing
- Position engine cover on fastening points - arrows - and press on.
- Then position outer part - 1 - on attachment points - arrows - and press on.
2.0L TDI PD Diesel, 103 KW
Removing
- Pull out oil dipstick - 1 -.
- Disengage and lift engine cover - arrow 2 -.
- Then remove forward - upper arrow in illustration -
Installing
- Slide engine cover - A - in at fastening point - upper arrow in picture - first.
- Then position engine cover - A - on other fastening points - arrows 1 to 4 - and press on until you feel it engage.
2.0L TDI CR Diesel
Removing:
- Disconnect the lift the engine cover on the mounting points- arrow -.
Installing:
CAUTION!
Before installing the engine cover, make sure the 4 mounting elements (ball sockets) are correctly positioned; adjust them if necessary. Otherwise the engine cover will get damaged.
- If necessary push the ball sockets on the engine cover into the correct position.
- Position the engine cover on the mounting points and press on the corners.