Volkswagen Golf Variant 2007 Maintenance Manual page 4

Golf Variant 2007 ➤ , Golf Variant 2010 ➤ , Jetta 2005 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 09.2009
4.28 Engine and components in engine compartment (from above and below): Perform visual
check for leaks and damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
4.29 Engine cover -top-: Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
4.30 Removing and installing engine compartment cover -bottom- (noise insulation) . . . . . . . . 116
4.31 Engine oil level: Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
4.32 Engine oil: Drain or extract; renew oil filter and replenish engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
4.33 Checking breakdown set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
4.34 Panorama sliding roof: Check function, clean guide rails if necessary and grease with special
grease, clean wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
4.35 Performing road test (driving behaviour, noises, air conditioner etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
4.36 Wheel securing bolts: Tighten to prescribed torque setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
4.37 Reading radio code with fault reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
4.38 Radio/navigation system: Activate anti-theft coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
4.39 Tyre pressure monitoring: Perform basic setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
4.40 Renewing tyre pressure sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
4.41 Dust and pollen filter: Clean housing and renew filter element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
4.42 Headlight adjustment: Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
4.43 Service interval display: Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
4.44 Service interval display: Recode (for "Rest of World" markets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
4.45 Service interval display: Recode at delivery inspection (for North American and Canadian
markets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
4.46 Service interval display: Recode at first oil change service (for North American and Canadian
markets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
4.47 Sunroof: Check function, clean and grease guide rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
4.48 Window wash/wipe system and headlight washer system: Check function . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
4.49 Wiper blades: Check park position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
4.50 Wiper blade protection: Remove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
4.51 Track rod ends: Check play, security and boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
4.52 Auxiliary heater: Set weekday in menu of combi-instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
4.53 Door arrester: Grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
4.54 Transportation mode: Switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
4.55 Transportation devices: Remove blocking pieces from front axle springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
4.56 Underbody sealant: Perform visual check for damage to underbody sealant, underbody
panels, routing of lines and plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
4.57 Clock and date: Set to correct time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
4.58 Camshaft drive toothed belt: Check (TDI unit injector engines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
4.59 Toothed belt and toothed belt tensioning roller: Renew (TDI engines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
4.60 Camshaft drive toothed belt: Renew (2.0 l FSI and TFSI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
4.61 Camshaft drive toothed belt: Check (4-cylinder petrol engines 1.4 l and 1.6 l) . . . . . . . . . . 175
4.62 Spark plugs: Renew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
5 Exhaust emissions test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
5.1 Exhaust emissions test for petrol engines with OBD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
5.2 Exhaust emissions test for diesel engines with OBD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
6 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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