Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Safety precautions when working on the cooling system
| Risk of scalding by hot coolant |
| When the engine is warm, the cooling system is under pressure. Danger of scalding due to steam and hot coolant. |
| – | Always wear safety gloves. |
| – | Always wear safety goggles. |
| – | Proceed as follows to release the pressure: cover the cap of the coolant expansion tank with a cloth, and open it carefully. |
Safety precautions for working on vehicles with Start/Stop system
Risk of injury due to unexpected engine start
In vehicles with activated Start/Stop system, the engine may start
up unexpectedly. The status of the Start/Stop system is indicat ...
Safety precautions when using testers and measuring instruments during a
road test
Risk of injury through insecure testing and measuring instruments
When the front passenger airbag is triggered in an accident,
insufficiently secured testing and measuring inst ...
Other materials:
Removing and installing accelerator module -GX2-
Removing
–
Fold floor covering -1-
forwards in -direction of arrow-.
–
Release and pull off connector -2-
...
Changing headlights over from driving on right to driving on left (gas
discharge headlights for cornering light and LED daytime running light)
If a right-hand drive vehicle is driven in a left-hand drive
country, or vice versa, the headlights must be converted. This
is necessary in order to avoid dazzling oncoming traffic with
the asymmetric low beam headlights.
Note
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Renewing oil seal for inner input shaft
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Oil seal extractor -T10420-
Thrust piece -T10421-
Requireme ...
