Generator (Alternator)C for 2.0l (BBX, CFEA) engines - remove and install — VW
Generator (Alternator)C for 2.0l (BBX, CFEA) engines - remove and install on VW: 14 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 9A2, 9A4, 9A5, 9A1, 9A3, 9A6
- Special tools named: T10060A
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- Mark spinning direction of the Poly-V belt.
- After finishing the procedure, start the engine and check the belt motion.
📋 Procedure
- Turn off the ignition, all the electrical devices, and remove the key from ignition.
- Disconnect the BatteryA.
- Remove engine cover panel, if requiredEngine24Supply system - fuel injection.
- Remove the lower engine noise insulation General body repairs, exterior50Body - front part.
- Mark spinning direction of the Poly-V belt.
- Move the tensioning element towards the (arrow) to relieve the Poly-V belt tension.
- Lock the tensioning element with the Pin T10060A.
- Remove the Poly-V belt.
- Disengage connector (1) and release the terminal from the B+ cable(2) of the Generator (Alternator)C.
- Loosen the fastening screws (arrows) from the Generator (Alternator)C.
- Loosen the securing nut (arrow) for the Generator (Alternator)Ccables.
- Remove the Generator (Alternator)C.
- First, place Poly-V belt on the crankshaft pulley, and then on the tensioning roller, as indicated on the belt run Engine13Crankshaft, pistons.
- Tighten the fastening nuts and screws to the specified tightening torque . [Note: After finishing the procedure, start the engine and check the belt motion.]
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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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