Removing and installing starter, 3.2 l V6 engine — AUDI
Removing and installing starter, 3.2 l V6 engine on Audi: 11 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 .
- Unscrew securing bolts (1) of coolant expansion tank and push coolant expansion tank to one side.
- Remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior50Body front; Noise insulation.
- If necessary, lever off protective cap (2) of positive cable fastening from starter solenoid switch.
- Unscrew securing nut (3) of positive cable (terminal 30) from starter solenoid switch and push cable to one side.
- Release and disconnect connector (terminal 50). (1) on starter solenoid switch.
- Unscrew securing nut (5) of negative cable (terminal 31) (4) and push cables to one side.
- Unscrew securing nut (3) of cable retainers (2) and push cables to one side.
- Unscrew securing bolts (1) for starter.
- Remove starter.
- Observe specified torques Assembly overview - starter.
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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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