Removing and installing starter - vehicles with 2.0 ltr. TDI engine (PR number TD1) — AUDI
Removing and installing starter - vehicles with 2.0 ltr. TDI engine (PR number TD1) on Audi: 16 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A4 B8 (8K, 2007–2015)
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- Risk of damage to starter.To tighten bolt (2), spacer sleeve (arrow) must be inserted between starter and gearbox. — Connect battery. Steps required .
📋 Procedure
- With ignition switched off, disconnect earth cable at battery .
- Remove plenum chamber partition panel General body repairs, exterior50Bulkhead; Exploded view - plenum chamber partition panel.
- Remove bolt (1) for retainer (2) for wiring harness.
- Remove auxiliary pump for heating V488 and move it to one side with coolant hoses attached 19Coolant pump/thermostat assembly; Removing and installing electric coolant pump.
- Remove engine mounting (right-side) 10Assembly mountings; Removing and installing engine mountings.
- Remove bolt (1) for coolant pipe (rear).
- Remove bolt (2) for earth cable.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Move wiring harness clear at cylinder block.
- Take out engine support towards front.
- Unplug connector (3) by sliding locking element to rear and pressing down release catch.
- Unscrew wire (2) at starter.
- Remove bolts (4).
- Unscrew bolt (1) from gearbox side using long extension.
- Detach starter.
- ⚠ Risk of damage to starter.To tighten bolt (2), spacer sleeve (arrow) must be inserted between starter and gearbox. — Connect battery. Steps required .
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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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