Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Battery with »enhanced« colour indicator
| This is a maintenance-free battery with liquid electrolyte
(wet battery). |
Caution
| No stickers may be removed and do not replenish with
distilled water. Only perform a visual check. Refer to
chapter, Checking battery
→ Chapter. |
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WARNING
| It is not permissible to test or charge batteries
whose colour indicator is light yellow. Do not
slave/jump start the vehicle! |
| Danger of explosion when checking and charging or
slave/jump starting. |
| These batteries must be renewed. |
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| The battery is used for particular requirements in certain
stop-start vehicles. The battery can be identified by the
lettering “EFB” on the battery cover. “EFB” stands for
»enhanced flooded battery«. |
| An “EFB” battery may only be replaced with another “EFB”
battery. |
| The “EFB” battery has a colour indicator to enable the
electrolyte level to be checked. |
| Checking the colour indicator
→ Chapter |
 Note
| “EFB” batteries have been used in the smaller petrol engines
with stop-start systems and manual gearboxes since 05.2011. |
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This is a maintenance-free battery with liquid electrolyte
(wet battery).
WARNING
It is not permissib ...
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1 -
Lower transverse link
2 -
Nut
Renew after removing
20 Nm +180°
3 -
Coupling rod
Removing and installing
→ Chapter
4 -&nb ...
Centre armrest
Fig. 51 Front centre armrest
Fig. 52 Folding down the rear centre armrest
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings Adjusting the front centre armrest
To lift, push the centre armrest up gradually in the direction of arrow
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To lower, pull the centre ar ...
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Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Cooling system tester -V.A.G 1274 B-
Adapter for cooling system tester -V.A.G ...
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