Removing and installing starter, 1.2 l, 77 kW injection engine with manual gearbox MQ200-6F — VW
Removing and installing starter, 1.2 l, 77 kW injection engine with manual gearbox MQ200-6F on VW: 13 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf Cabriolet (517, 2011–2016)
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect battery .
- Remove air filter housing Power unit24Fuel injection system; Assembly overview - air filter.
- Push protective cap off solenoid switch downwards in direction of (arrow).
- Undo nut (1) and detach positive wire from connection thread of solenoid switch.
- Release and pull off terminal 50 connector (2).
- Unscrew nut (arrow) and take earth wire off upper securing bolt of starter.
- Remove upper securing bolt of starter (arrow).
- Remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior50Body front; Noise insulation.
- Undo nut (1) and remove it from lower securing bolt of starter.
- Remove cable retainer (2).
- Remove lower securing bolt of starter (arrow).
- Remove starter downwards from vehicle.
- Tighten threaded connections to torque specified in assembly overview .
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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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