Volkswagen Amarok 2011 Maintenance Manual page 111

Perform the following jobs:
– Read fuel level in fuel tank on fuel gauge. Determine additional
weight from following table and place weight in luggage com‐
partment.
Fuel gauge table
Fuel level of
fuel gauge
1/4
1/2
3/4
Full
Example:
When the fuel tank is half full, an additional weight of 20 kg must
be placed in the luggage compartment.
Note
A fuel can filled with water is the best way of adding additional
♦
weight.
A fuel can filled with 5 litres of water weighs approx. 5 kg.
♦
The vehicle must be rolled forward or backward several metres
or front and rear springs must be bounced fully several times so
that springs settle.
♦ Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be on a level surface ⇒
of headlight adjustment unit -VAS 5046- or ⇒ of headlight ad‐
justment unit -VAS 5047-
♦ Vehicle and headlight adjuster must be aligned.
♦ Inclination must be set.
Inclination information in „%" is stamped into trim above headlight.
Headlights must be adjusted according to this information. Per‐
centage given is based on a projection distance of 10 metres. For
example: inclination of 1.0 % converts to approx. 10 cm.
Vehicles with manually regulated headlight range control
♦ Headlight range control thumb wheel must be in basic setting
-0-.
4.45.2 Checking headlight adjustment (using
new test screen without 15° setting line)
Headlights
Perform the following jobs:
♦ Whether, with the dipped beam switched on, the horizontal
bright/dark boundary touches the dividing line -1- of the test
area
♦ Whether the breaking point -2- between the horizontal part of
the bright/dark boundary on the left and the rising part on the
right lies on the vertical line of the central point -3-.
Additional weight
in kg
30
20
10
0
Amarok 2011 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 01.2011
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