Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Damage caused by foreign bodies
| Driving over hard, pointed objects like nails, screws and
the like can pierce the tyre. |
| This always leads to tyre damage. |
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| Damage due to embedded foreign body |
| Often, the object -marking- is
so securely embedded in the tyre that it will not free itself
even at higher speeds. Consequently, it can act as a plug and
seal the tyre relatively well. This results in a gradual loss of
pressure, which the driver will not notice immediately, but
which can lead to sudden and complete tyre failure. |
 Note
| No repair should be attempted on a steel-belted tyre of
which the structure has been punctured by a foreign body. |
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A swelling in the sidewall of the tyre indicates that the
substructure of the carcass has been damaged.
Typic ...
Tyres with stripped profile
Such damage usually develops over a longer period of time.
If an already damaged tyre is exposed to high stress, the
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Other materials:
Distinguishing features of jointless wiper blades
Distinguishing features of Bosch and Federal Mogul products.
When renewing wiper rubbers, note the make. When renewing
wiper blades, the same make must be used.
Wiper blades can be identified according to wiper arm
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Overview of the driver side
Fig. 5 Overview of the driver side (left-hand
drive vehicles)
Fig. 6 Overview of the driver side (right-hand
drive vehicles)
Key for and :
Button for interior monitoring
Light switch
Daytime running lights or daytime headlights
Automatic hea ...
Removing and installing electronically controlled damping control unit
-J250-, saloon
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Vehicle diagnostic tester
Removing
Location: electronically controlled damping control unit
-J250- is installed behind left luggage compartment s ...
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Swellings in the tyre sidewall
Stripped profile