Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

• ● Lock carrier must be in service position .
• ● Ribbed belt must be slackened => Page 13-18.

Removing

• ‒ → Remove noise insulation -arrows-.
• ‒ Remove viscous fan (with belt pulley) from bearing =>Fig. 13-16, and move it forward into fan cowl.

• ‒ → Remove V-belt pulley from coolant pump. Counterhold by inserting a pin -arrow- in the vane pump pulley.
• ‒ Remove V-belt.

Installing

Installation is carried out in the reverse order, when doing this note the following:

• ‒ Fit V-belt on pulleys and assemble two sections of pulley on coolant pump without tightening bolts.
• ‒ Tighten the bolts securing the two sections of the pulley in stages while turning the coolant pump.
• ‒ As the bolts are tightened, the V-belt should gradually move outwards until seated on the running surface.
• ‒ Tighten bolts to 25 Nm.

Note:

It is not possible to adjust the tension of the V-belt for the coolant pump.

• ‒ Fit ribbed belt and release the tensioning element.
• ‒ Start engine and check that belt runs properly.
• ‒ Check again to make sure that the bolts for the coolant pump pulley are tightened to the correct torque.