Removing and installing starter, vehicles with manual gearbox MQ250, MQ500 — AUDI
Removing and installing starter, vehicles with manual gearbox MQ250, MQ500 on Audi: 13 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: platform codes SF, SG
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect batteries .
- Remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Assembly overview - noise insulation.
- Release connector (1) and disconnect.
- Press off cap (2).
- Unscrew securing nut (3) and remove terminal 30/B+.
- If fitted, unscrew nut (1) from upper bolt of starterB.
- If fitted, remove earth cable (2).
- If fitted, unscrew nut (1) from lower bolt of starterB.
- If fitted, remove earth cable (2).
- Unscrew nut (4) and remove retainer (1) with wiring harness attached.
- Unscrew securing bolts (2) and (5) from starterB(3).
- Remove starterB(3) downwards.
- Reconnect batteries .
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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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