Your starter is starting to get temperamental, it's time to replace it with a new one. Do not leave it lying around when you feel it weaken, because when the starter does not work anymore you will no longer be able to launch your Volkswagen Golf 5 R32. Here is a text to replace its starter and understand its activity.
What is the starter for my Volkswagen Golf 5 R32?
A starter turns out to be an electric motor inside the engine of your Volkswagen Golf 5 R32. It extracts electrical power from the battery to start, and launch the impulse to the engine so that it ignites. In order to be sure that it is a starter malfunction and not something else, we invite you to discover the article on starting problems. Now that we have identified the malfunction, we can attack.
How to change the starter of my Volkswagen Golf 5 R32?
Before starting operations, check that you have the necessary tools. For this procedure you will need a filled tool box, your jack, a wire brush but also a pair of candles.
Remove the old starter
If you wish to carry out this manipulation, what is useful turns out to be really to visualize the positions, for the wires in particular. We invite you to stamp them if necessary.
- Disconnect the minus terminal from the battery of your Volkswagen Golf 5 R32.
- If it happens that the access to the starter from above is too complex, you can use the jack stands so as to reach it from below.
- Disconnect all of the power supplies that are connected to the starter
- Position your jack under the engine in case the engine is teetering a bit.
- Release all the fixings and memorize the positions
- Remove the starter
- Set aside the mounting bracket, as it is not necessarily supplied with the new starter
- Clean the pods which will sometimes be oxidized using a brush
Attach new starter
Now that we have visualized the manipulation, it will more or less suffice to perform the reverse maneuver.
- Put the old starter of your Volkswagen Golf 5 R32 in parallel with the new one to be able to see if there are some differences in mounting, something that happens from time to time.
- Replace the starter support in its place
- Put the famous starter in place
- Make sure it is perfectly in its base and screw
- Reconnect the cables to the starter
- Replace the negative terminal on the battery.
That's it. Today reassembling a starter on your Volkswagen Golf 5 R32 is not magic for your eyes. Good ride, and you can write a comment if this text helped you!