Removing and installing alternator for 6-cylinder petrol injection engine 06.00 ▸ — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Sharan I / SEAT Alhambra (7M)

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• Pull off fuel return hose (1) (with blue marking) and collect leaking fuel with a cloth.

📋 Procedure

1. Disconnect battery .
2. ⚠ Before removing, mark the top side and direction of rotation of the poly V-belt. When installing, ensure correct fitting position and direction of rotation. If the belt is installed in the wrong position or against direction of rotation, the belt will be destroyed! — Remove air filter housing engine - mixture preparation24Repairing petrol injection system; Dismantling and assembling air filter.
3. Remove engine cover.
4. Pull off fuel return hose (1) (with blue marking) and collect leaking fuel with a cloth.
5. Seal lines to prevent soiling of fuel system.

6. Screw a M8 bolt into threaded hole (A) of tensioning element until there is no tension on poly V-belt.
7. ⚠ Screw bolt into tensioning element only sufficiently to allow removal of poly V-belt. Otherwise housing of tensioning element could become damaged. — Remove poly V-belt from alternator belt pulley.
8. Release and separate the connector of the DF cable (2).
9. Remove protective cap and unscrew B+ cable (1) from alternator.
10. Unscrew wiring retainer (3).
11. Remove both securing bolts (arrows) and remove alternator from vehicle.
12. ⚠ When installing used poly-V-belts observe the direction of rotation marked on removal!Before installing poly V-belt, ensure that all ancillaries (alternator, air conditioning compressor) are secure.When fitting belt, ensure that poly V-belt seats correctly in pulleys! — Drive threaded sleeves (A) about 4 mm in (direction of arrow) out of alternator housing.
13. Tighten threaded connections to specified torques .
14. ⚠ Observe notes for battery pole terminal clamp bolt . — Unscrew M8 bolt from tensioning element.
15. Reconnect battery .
16. Start engine and check belt is running correctly.
17. Switch off engine.

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