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Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Service & Repair Manual: Fitting control unit to hydraulic unit

Using ESD workplace -VAS 6613- and torque screwdriver -V.A.G 1624-, this page covers fitting a Volkswagen Golf Mk7 ABS control unit to its hydraulic unit — Note: severe shocks like dropping can destroy the control unit.

Special tools and workshop equipment required
ESD workplace -VAS 6613-
Torque screwdriver -V.A.G 1624-
   
Torx bit T25
  Note
Severe shocks (e.g. dropping, impact) may destroy control unit. Control unit must not then be used.
Clean surfaces before assembling.
–  Place control unit on hydraulic unit, ensuring it is not canted when doing so.
–  Tighten hydraulic unit and control unit alternately in 2 stages to specified torque using new Torx bolts provided.
  Note
The threads of the hydraulic unit for securing the control unit must not be recut. If the threads are damaged (bolts difficult to turn in by hand or cannot be tightened to the specified torque), then the hydraulic unit must be renewed.
Specified torque
→ Chapter „Assembly overview - control unit and hydraulic unit, LHD vehicles“
  Note
A new control unit may be mounted on an existing hydraulic unit max. three times to guarantee impermeability of the elastic seal.
A control unit which has already been operated in a vehicle must not be installed a second time.
 

Fitting control unit to hydraulic unit

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    Fitting control unit to hydraulic unit — Volkswagen Golf Mk7

    How do I fit a new Golf Mk7 ABS ECU to the hydraulic block?
    Align the connector pins carefully, push the ECU onto the block and tighten the bolts. Code the new ECU via diagnostics.
    Separating control unit from hydraulic unit
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