Starter B (vehicles with 01M automatic transmission) - remove and install — VW
Starter B (vehicles with 01M automatic transmission) - 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 9B1, 9B3
📋 Procedure
- Turn off the ignition, all the electrical devices, and remove the key from ignition.
- Disconnect the BatteryA .
- Remove the lower engine noise insulation General body repairs, exterior50Body - front part.
- Remove the side noise insulation (left side) from the engine compartment by releasing the hex nut and detaching the fastening clips (arrows).
- Remove the BatteryA.
- Release the fastening screws (arrows) and remove the support for the BatteryA.
- Disconnect the connector (1) and remove it from the support.
- Disconnect terminal (2) from StarterB.
- Remove the plastic cover and the positive cable (3) from the magnetic switch.
- Remove the connectors and cable from he StarterBsupport.
- Remove the StarterBsupport.
- Remove upper hex screw (1).
- Remove the lower hex screw (2) and remove the StarterB.
- Tighten the fastening nuts and screws to the specified tightening torque .
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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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