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Access Cover: Service and Repair







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 TFSI

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Spring type clip pliers (VAS 6499)





- Release clip - 3 - at air intake connections with spring-type clip pliers (VAS 6499) and slide back.





- Disconnect connector - 1 - from Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor, and set connector aside.

- Open both clamps - 2 -.





- Remove engine cover upward. Note dashed fastening points shown in illustration.

Installation is the reverse of removal.

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.