Today I will show you how to DIY removing a VW alternator. This is a common VW failure, and is a VERY easy DIY. Before removing the alternator, you will need to remove the serpentine belt, and tensioner.
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~Tools you need to remove the alternator
~The order I remove the bolts
~Electrical connector tips
~Proper method for removal
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Tip if your alternator doesn’t just wiggle out. Get a pry bar or piper a use it to lever it out. Mine was galled up but with the bar from a pump jack I was eventually able to get it out.
How do you get the egr valve off on the sharan as it looks like a pig of a job this is a challenge for you and do a video the same time tom
Hi man 8've been having alot of miss fires with my 2012 Volkswagen cc luxury 2.0 TSI any suggestions please cause I have done alot of stuff but still keeps doing it
Hi i am trying to replace a water pump on a mk 2 golf gtd 1990 i have alternator off and come up against a very stubborn alternator bracket that i need to remove, i don't want to prize it too much i did think about heating it ,do you have any ideas . thank Chas b
Please do a Touareg V10 complete engine general!
I have an '81 VW truck where I want to replace the front belt. Easy, I thought. Just loosen those top alternator bolts, tilt up the alternator and switch belts. Except there's that bolt in the bottom, behind the timing belt cover, that I didn't know about. I couldn't see what kind or size of bolt that was. I hope it's an 8mm bolt like in your video and not one of those star bolt things! It looks the same as mine. Thanks for the video. It gives me hope that it might be almost as easy as I'd hoped.
Which VW model is this? My MK5 rabbit requires removing pullies and all kinds of other nonsense to get to those 2 bolts
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Thank you….again. LOL. Love your channel man!
It's on a freaking bracket… That's why it's being a dick.
Anyone doing a 1t3 vw tournan 2011 and up it’s totally different you will need to drop the ac unit and Undo torc converter mount so you can wiggle the engine and pull the altornator from under the car much more harder job!!!
Maybe do a water cooled one?
Can this be done on a 2004 r32 without removing the bumper?
it's nice of you to do this vid but how are you helping when you have already removed the belt and tensioner without showing them how do it