Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing battery tray

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / Electrical system / Starter- current supply- CC / Battery / Removing and installing battery tray

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-

Removing

Vehicles with TDI engine

–	Remove air filter housing → Rep. gr.23.

Continued for all vehicles

–	Removing battery -A- → Chapter.

Removing and installing battery tray

–	Lay wiring harness on battery tray -arrows- to one side.

Removing and installing battery tray

–	Remove bolts -2-.

–	Remove battery tray -1-.

Installing

Install in the reverse order of removal, observing the following:

Specified torques

→ Chapter „Assembly overview – battery, vehicles without high-voltage system“

Removing and installing battery tray

Checking battery

Checking battery → Electrical System, General Information; Rep. gr.27.

The battery -A- is monitored in the self-diagnosis function by the data bus diagnostic interface -J533- in “Guided Fault Finding” mode → Vehicle diagnostic tester.

Charging battery

Charging battery → Electrical System, General Information; Rep. gr.27.

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