Installing Fuel Collection Pipe

NOTIFICATION 

Dirt and contamination 

• Risk of damage to units or components 
  • → Protect components from dirt and contamination.
  • → Clean or replace dirty components.

Information 

• Always perform a leak test in the high-pressure area after opening the fuel system. 
• This is particularly important if components are disassembled and replaced. 
• Coat threaded connections and fuel line cones with Microgleit DF977S lubricant (Part No. 000.043.209.35). 
• Allow components to dry off for at least 15 minutes! 
• Blow residual fuel out of the lines and high-pressure pump (into a fuel-resistant container or cloth) using compressed air before installation. 
• The tightening specifications must be strictly observed. 

Information 

• Make sure that new spring clamps and O-rings are fitted on the fuel injectors. 

1. Insert new O-rings and spring clamp -2  - on the fuel injector -1  -.
   1. 1.1 Coat O-rings with new engine oil.

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2. Install fuel injectors.

   > 244019 REMOVING AND INSTALLING FUEL INJECTOR .

3. Install fuel collection pipe with new screws.
   1. 3.1 Coat mountings for inner fuel injector lightly with new engine oil.
   2. 3.2 Place fuel collection pipe on the fuel injectors and spring clamps and press on evenly.
   3. 3.3 Fit and tighten new screws.

      > Tightening torque 13 Nm (9.5 ftlb.) 

4. Coat thread on fuel collection pipe, union nut and cones with Microgleit DF977S.

   Allow them to dry off for at least 15 minutes! 

5. Fit union nut -1  - by hand and tighten using an open-ended wrench -3  -.

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   Recommended tools for tightening union nut: 

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   1. > VAS 6951 - Universal joint  or flexible extension from > 9490 - socket wrench 
   2. >V.A.G 1331/6 - Open-jawed wrench insert, a/f 17 
6. Tighten union nut -1  -.

   > Tightening torque 25 Nm (19 ftlb.) 

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