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Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: 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.
   
Disconnecting and connecting battery, vehicles with high-voltage system
  Caution Observe the following instructions and precautions on safety when working on pyrotechnic components: ...

Removing and installing earth wire with battery monitor control unit -J367-, vehicles without high-voltage system
Special tools and workshop equipment required     Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331- Removin ...

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Checking for leaks
  Note The average air pressure of the earth's atmosphere at sea level is 1013 mbar and decreases steeply as the altitude increases (approx. 100 mbar/1,000 m altitude). Local and time fluctuations also influence vacuum generation. ...

Tyre monitoring display
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warnings The tyre monitor display uses the ABS sensors to compare the rolling circumference and the vibration characteristics of the individual wheels. Any change in the tyre pressure of one or more wheels is shown by the tyre mo ...

Perform guarantee test
  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 ...

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