Removing and installing starter, 1.2 l, 77 kW injection engine with manual gearbox MQ200-5F/MQ200-6F — VW
Removing and installing starter, 1.2 l, 77 kW injection engine with manual gearbox MQ200-5F/MQ200-6F on VW: 12 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf VI (5K, 2008–2013)
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect battery (see the separate procedure).
- Remove air filter housing, if necessary Power unit 24. Fuel injection system; Assembly overview - air filter.
- Slide protective cap in direction of (arrow) off solenoid switch.
- Unscrew positive wire (1) and disconnect connector from terminal 50 (2).
- Unscrew earth cable from upper starter securing bolt (arrow).
- Remove upper securing bolt of starter (arrow).
- Remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior 50. Body - front; Noise insulation.
- Remove securing nut (1) from lower securing bolt of starter.
- Remove wiring retainer (2).
- Remove lower securing bolt of starter (arrow).
- Remove starter downwards from vehicle.
- Tighten threaded connections to torques specified in assembly overview (see the separate procedure).
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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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