1.8 ltr. engine with automatic gearbox — AUDI
1.8 ltr. engine with automatic gearbox on Audi: 20 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi TT Mk1 (8N)
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- Disregard (item 1).
📋 Procedure
- Move selector lever to "“P”".
- Switch off ignition and take out ignition key.
- Release fasteners (1, 2, 3) and remove centre noise insulation panel.
- Unplug electrical connectors (2) and (3).
- Remove bottom starter bolt (1).
- Remove cover (2) in front of intake manifold (bottom arrows). [Note: Disregard (item 1).]
- Remove battery .
- Unscrew bolt (arrow).
- Carefully pull front battery cover (1) upwards out of guide.
- Unclip main fuse box from top of battery tray (arrow).
- Unscrew bolts (1) and (2) and detach rear battery cover from battery tray.
- Remove battery tray (arrows).
- Unplug electrical connector (3).
- Unscrew wire for terminal 30 (item 2) from starter.
- Unscrew wiring guide (1).
- Disconnect wiring guide from centre hex stud.
- Remove top starter bolt (1).
- Lift out starter.
- Install battery tray.
- Install battery .
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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