Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing coolant pipes
| Special tools and workshop equipment
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| Hose clamps up to 25 mm -3094- |
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| Hose clip pliers -VAS 6362- |
The cooling system is under pressure when the engine is hot. Hot
steam/hot coolant can escape - risk of scalding. Risk of scalding to
skin and body parts.Wear protective gloves.Wear eye protection.Release
pressure by covering cap of coolant expansion tank with a cloth and
opening it carefully. |
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Open cap -arrow- on coolant
expansion tank. |
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Clamp off coolant hoses at coolant pipe with hose clamps
-3094-. |
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Release hose clips -arrows- and
detach coolant hoses. |
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Remove intake manifold
→ Chapter. |
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Lay intake manifold -1- on the
workbench as shown. |
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Place e.g. a block of wood -2-
under the intake manifold as an underlay. |
 Note
| To avoid damaging the intake manifold and coolant pipe, this
procedure must be carried out very carefully! |
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Insert a flat-blade screwdriver into the slot
-arrow 1-. |
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Carefully push the flat-bade screwdriver in
-direction of arrow 2- and lift the
coolant pipe -4- in
-direction of arrow 3- until it
comes free from the retainer. |
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Continue to lift the coolant pipe -1-
in -direction of arrow- until it
comes free of the retainer -2-. |
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First push the coolant pipe onto the mounting
-1- until it engages. |
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Then push the coolant pipe onto the mounting
-2- until it engages. |
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Check that the coolant pipe has properly engaged by pulling
on it. |
| Further installation steps are carried out in the reverse
order; note the following: |
Note
| Secure all hose connections with the same type of hose clips
as original equipment
→ Electronic Parts Catalogue. |
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Install intake manifold
→ Chapter. |
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Check coolant level
→ Anchor. |
| → Chapter „Assembly overview - coolant pipes“ |
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1 -
Coolant hose
2 -
Coolant pipe
Clipped onto intake manifold (bottom)
To remove, remove intake manifold
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Other materials:
Charging totally discharged battery with battery charger -VAS 5095 A-
WARNING
Danger of injury! Observe warning notices and safety
regulations
→ Chapter!
The charger unit automatically recognises totally discharged
batteries ...
Checking vacuum generation
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.
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Working on refrigerant circuit
Repairs requiring the opening of the refrigerant circuit
must only be carried out by specially trained personnel.
Notes on repairs to vehicles with air conditioning and on
handling refrigerant can be found in ELSA under
→ Air c ...
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Assembly overview - coolant pipes