Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing oil separator

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / 4- cylinder injection engine(1.4 1 direct inction. turbocharger) / Engine lubrication / Crankcase breather / Removing and installing oil separator

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Flat scraper

Commercially available studs, M6x20 mm, qty. 2

Sealant remover

Sealant → Electronic Parts Catalogue

Removing

–	Remove noise insulation → General body repairs, exterior; Rep. gr.66.

–	Unscrew bolts -arrow- and push charge air cooling pump -V188- to one side.

Removing and installing oil separator

–	Pull off crankcase breather hose -3-.

–	Release fasteners -2--arrow- on cover -1- for oil separator and detach cover.

Removing and installing oil separator

–	Loosen and unscrew bolts in the sequence -9 … 1-.

–	Carefully release oil separator from bonded joint.

Installing

Installation is carried out in the reverse order; note the following:

Note

Danger of soiling lubrication system.

Cover open parts of engine.

–	Remove sealant residues from cylinder block with a flat scraper.

–	Remove any oil and grease from sealing surfaces.

Removing and installing oil separator

–	Screw 2 M6x20 mm studs a few turns into holes -arrows-.

Note

Removing and installing oil separator

Observe expiry date of sealing compound.

Removing and installing oil separator

–	Cut off nozzle on tube at front marking (diameter of nozzle approx. 2.0 mm).

Danger of blocking lubrication system with excess sealant.

Do not apply sealant bead thicker than specified.

–	Apply bead of sealant -arrow- onto clean sealing surface of oil separator as shown in illustration.

Width of sealant bead: 2.0 mm

The oil separator must be installed within 5 minutes after applying the sealant.

Removing and installing oil separator

–	Fit oil separator onto studs -arrows- and push it onto crankcase.

–	Start securing bolts.

–	Unscrew studs.

–	Oil separator, specified torque and tightening sequence → Fig.

Further installation steps are carried out in the reverse order; note the following:

–	Install noise insulation → General body repairs, exterior; Rep. gr.66.

Specified torques

Oil separator - specified torque and sequence → Fig. „“Oil separator - tightening torque and sequence”“

→ Chapter „Assembly overview - electric coolant pump“

Removing and installing oil separator

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