Removing and installing alternator - 2.0 l petrol engine — AUDI
Removing and installing alternator - 2.0 l petrol engine on Audi: 14 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 Transporter T5 (7H), VW Transporter T5 (7J), VW Transporter T6 (7E), VW Transporter T6 (7F)
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ To disconnect and reconnect the battery, the procedure described in the workshop manual should be strictly adhered to . — Disconnect battery .
- Release and disconnect electrical connector of DF cable (1) and pull off protective cap (2).
- Unbolt battery positive cable (arrow) from alternator.
- Remove poly V-belt Power unit13Cylinder block, belt pulley end; Removing and installing poly V-belt.
- Remove tensioning element for poly V-belt Power unit13Cylinder block, belt pulley end; Removing and installing poly V-belt tensioner.
- Undo bolts securing alternator (arrows).
- 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 sleeves (A) about 4 mm in direction of arrow out of alternator housing.
- Fit alternator to bracket and tighten securing bolts.
- Tighten threaded connections to specified torques Assembly overview - alternator, 2.0 l petrol engine.
- Install poly V-belt and tensioning element Power unit13Cylinder block, belt pulley end;.
- On V6 petrol engine, unscrew thrust bolt M8×50 from belt tensioner.
- 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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