Removing and installing starter, 1.2 l injection engine, manual gearbox — AUDI
Removing and installing starter, 1.2 l injection engine, manual gearbox on Audi: 12 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 .
- Remove air filter housing Engine24Injection system; Assembly overview - air filter.
- Push protective caps off solenoid switch downwards in direction of (arrow).
- Unbolt positive cable (1) and release and disconnect electrical connector of terminal 50 (2).
- Unscrew and remove earth wire from upper starter bolt (arrow).
- Undo upper starter bolt (arrow).
- If fitted, remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation.
- Undo nut (1) and remove it from lower securing bolt of starter.
- Remove wire holder (2).
- Undo lower starter bolt (arrow).
- Remove starter by taking it downwards out of the vehicle.
- Tighten threaded connections to specified torque given in assembly overview .
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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