Removing and installing starter, 2.0 l SDI engine, manual gearbox — AUDI
Removing and installing starter, 2.0 l SDI engine, manual gearbox on Audi: 19 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 engine cover panel upwards (arrows A) and forwards (arrow B).
- Loosen spring-type clip (1) using spring-type clip pliersVAS 5024.
- Release and disconnect electrical connector (2).
- Remove securing bolt (3).
- Pull off vacuum hose (arrow).
- Pull air filter housing upwards on right-hand side out of rubber mounting (arrow).
- Remove air filter housing from vehicle.
- Push protective cap off solenoid switch downwards in direction of (arrow).
- Release and disconnect connector of terminal 50 (2).
- Unbolt positive cable (1).
- Unscrew and remove earth wire from 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.
- Tighten threaded connections to specified torque given in assembly overview .
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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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