Removing and installing starter - vehicles with 1.4 ltr./2.0 ltr. TFSI/TDI engine and manual gearbox — AUDI
Removing and installing starter - vehicles with 1.4 ltr./2.0 ltr. TFSI/TDI engine and manual gearbox on Audi: 13 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi Q3 (8U, 2011–2018); platform code 84
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect earth cable from battery with ignition switched off .
- Vehicles with 2.0 ltr. TFSI engine: Remove air cleaner housing 24Air cleaner; Removing and installing air cleaner housing.
- Vehicles with 2.0 ltr. TDI engine: Remove air cleaner housing 23Air cleaner; Removing and installing air cleaner housing.
- Remove nut (1).
- Unplug connector (2) by sliding locking element to rear and pressing down release catch.
- Press off cap (3).
- Unscrew wire for terminal 30/B+ (4) from alternator.
- Remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Removing and installing noise insulation.
- Remove nut (4) and detach bracket (1) for electrical wiring. Leave electrical wiring connected.
- Remove bolts (2, 5) and detach starter (3).
- Install noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Removing and installing noise insulation.
- Install air cleaner housing 24Air cleaner; Removing and installing air cleaner housing.
- Connect battery. Steps required .
Other AUDI procedures
- Removing and installing toothed belt – Audi · 56 torque figures
- Removing engine – Audi A8 D3 · 41 torque figures
- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
- Checking intake manifold pressure sender G71 and intake manifold temperature sender G72
- Installing repair kit for headlight housing, headlights with H4 bulb, vehicles as of model year 2011 · 1 torque figures
- Checking intake manifold pressure sender G71 and altitude sender F96
- Removing and installing accelerator module with accelerator position sender G79/G185 · 1 torque figures
- Checking and converting adapter for back pressure test on natural gas tank, solenoid secured with securing nut · 1 torque figures
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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