Removing and installing starter, vehicles with dual clutch gearbox — VW
Removing and installing starter, vehicles with dual clutch gearbox on VW: 11 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: VW Jetta VI (16, 2010–2018)
📋 Procedure
- With ignition switched off, disconnect earth cable from batteryA.
- Remove air filter housing 23Air filter; Removing and installing air filter housing or 24Air filter; Removing and installing air filter housing.
- Release spring-type clip (1), and remove air intake hose.
- Unclip upper part of intake air duct (2), and remove it.
- Unclip lower part of intake air duct, and remove it.
- Remove intake hose between intake connecting pipe and air filter housing 24Air filter; Assembly overview - air filter housing.
- Release and disconnect connector (4).
- Press off cap (5).
- Unscrew nut (6) and remove terminal 30/B+.
- Unscrew bolts (1) and (2) from starterB(3).
- Remove starterB(3) upwards.
Other VW procedures
- Removing engine · 41 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft – VW Golf Cabriolet · 47 torque figures
- Adjusting valve timing – VW Passat B5 · 83 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshafts – VW Passat B6 · 39 torque figures
- Removing and installing coolant pump · 53 torque figures
- Fixing position of subframe, multi-link suspension, front-wheel drive, e-Golf · 1 torque figures
- Tightening securing straps, natural gas tanks made of steel · 1 torque figures
- Removing and installing heater and air conditioning unit, e-Golf with heat pump
- Removing and installing control unit and hydraulic unit, LHD vehicles, petrol engine
- Removing and installing starter (1.4 l petrol engine) · 2 torque figures
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.
Seen a figure that does not match your manual? Write to us — we correct it and note when. support@torqfix.com
The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.