Removing and installing alternator, 1.6 l injection engine — AUDI
Removing and installing alternator, 1.6 l injection engine on Audi: 17 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: VW Caddy III (2K, 2004–2015); platform code 2C0
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ To disconnect and reconnect the battery, the procedure described in the workshop manual should be strictly adhered to . — Disconnect battery .
- Pull off engine cover panel upwards (arrows).
- Remove bracket (arrow) upwards.
- Release and disconnect connector of DF cable (1) and pull off protective cap (2).
- Unscrew B+ wire (arrow) from alternator.
- Remove poly V-belt Power unit13Cylinder block, belt pulley end; Removing and installing poly V-belt.
- Unclip coolant hose from hose retainer (1) and undo nut (2).
- Remove securing bolts (arrows).
- Remove bracket together with tensioning device from the vehicle.
- Undo bolts securing alternator (arrows).
- Unscrew wire holder (arrow) from alternator.
- Remove alternator.
- ⚠ When fitting used poly V-belts, take note of the direction of rotation as marked during removal!Before installing poly V-belt, ensure that all ancillaries (alternator, air conditioner compressor) are secure.When fitting belt, ensure that poly V-belt seats correctly in pulleys! — Drive threaded sleeve (A) about 4 mm in direction of arrow out of alternator housing.
- Secure wiring retainer (arrow) on back of alternator in 3 o'clock position.
- Tighten threaded connections to specified torque given in assembly overview .
- Connecting battery .
- Start engine and check belt running.
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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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