Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Checking radial clearance of conrods
| Special tools and workshop equipment
required |
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Remove conrod bearing cap. |
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Clean bearing cap and bearing journal. |
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Place a Plastigage corresponding to the width of the bearing
on the journal or into the bearing shells. |
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Fit conrod bearing cap and tighten to 30 Nm without turning
further angle and without rotating crankshaft. |
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Remove conrod bearing cap again. |
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Compare width of Plastigage with the measurement scale. |
| Radial clearance: 0.028 … 0.065 mm. |
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Checking piston
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Using a micrometre, measure approx. 10 mm from the lower
edge, perpendicular to the piston pin axis.
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Balancing wheel, balancing wheel on stationary wheel balancer
Before you start balancing the wheels, the following
requirements must be met.
Tyre pressure must be OK.
Tread must not be worn on one side. Tread depth should be at
least 4 mm.
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Trailer stabilisation
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings Trailer stabilisation is a subsidiary function of the
electronic stabilisation programme (ESC). The trailer stabilisation function can
detect if an attached trailer is starting to lurch from side to side.
If a lurching ...
Factory fitted towing attachment
If the vehicle was supplied with a factory fitted towing
attachment, everything with regards to the technical and legal
requirements has already been taken care of.
It should be noted that from the start of 1988 a
»13-pin« trailer socke ...
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