Engine Code And Engine Number; Severe Operating Conditions - Volkswagen Passat 2011 Maintenance Manual

Passat 2011 ➤ , Passat Variant 2011 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 01.2019
Bhutan
Bolivia
Brunei
Burkina Faso (Upper Vol‐
ta)
Burundi
Chile
China
Costa Rica
Democratic Republic of
the Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Dubai
Ecuador
El Salvador
Ivory Coast
Eritrea
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
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Engine code and engine number

Engine code and engine number are located:
♦ On vehicle data sticker
♦ On type plate
Or
⇒ ; Rep. gr. 00 ; Identification; Engine number/engine features
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Severe operating conditions

If the vehicle is used under severe operating conditions some
work will have to be performed before the next service is due or
at shorter service intervals.
• Regular short trips or stop and go operation in urban traffic
• High percentage of cold starts
• Vehicle is used in areas with winter temperatures over a long
period
• Regular long periods of idling (e.g. taxis)
• Vehicle is often driven at full throttle with high payload or whilst
towing a trailer
• Using diesel with elevated sulphur content
• Regular operation in areas with high levels of dust
• Countries with generally poor road conditions such as high
number of potholes, protrusions, high elevations in the road/
deep "tramlines".
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3. General information
Cape Verde
Caribbean, left-hand traf‐
fic
Kazakhstan
Qatar
Kenya
Kyrgyz Republic
Columbia
Cuba
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Malaysia
Mali
Morocco
Mauritania
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Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Republic of Congo
Rwanda
Russian Federation
Zambia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
Sri Lanka
South Sudan
Zimbabwe
Sudan
Suriname
Venezuela
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
West Sahara
Central African Republic
Macao
Libya