VW Audi Alternator TRQ ALA94457

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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace an alternator. This is a 2007 A4, it has the 2.0-liter turbo model, and this procedure is the same for a lot of the vehicles that have this 2.0-liter motor in it. Items you'll need include 10mm, 13mm, and 18mm wrenches, socket and ratchets with extensions will work as well, flat blade screwdriver, T30 Torx driver, and a 6mm Allen bit.

Disconnect your battery. On this car, there should be a panel on top that you take off a couple of fasteners and lift it up and off. Then a 10mm wrench, loosen and remove the negative battery cable.

The belt tensioner is right here at the front of the engine. Your 18mm wrench, put it right onto that big tab right there, pull on the tensioner, slip the belt off, and release the tensioner slowly.

You can remove the engine cover, just set this aside. Flat blade screwdriver, pop the cap off of the alternator here, and then loosen up this clamp for the intake hose. Just grab hold of the hose, pull back and forth, pull it off and down. Disconnect the battery wire, 13mm wrench, take that off, then pull the battery wire off, then just put the nut back on for safekeeping.

Two T30 screws hold this hose in place. We want to remove those just so we can move this a little bit.

4mm Allen bolts hold the alternator in place, we'll remove those, use an extension to get around this hose while you pull it out of the way. As we pull the last bolt out, the alternator pretty much just wants to fly right out of the car. Pull it up, and you want to disconnect this lead here, should be able to just push on the tab, sometimes it helps if you push the connector in towards the alternator first, push down on that tab and release it, and just roll it right up and out.

Remount the alternator. We are putting our original one back in because it's still in good working order. Just have the connector that you plug in up top, drop it down in, work it into place, reconnect the harness connection, and lift it up in place.

Easiest bolt down in, before you start the other three, just make sure this cable is free, that's got to go in, and then start the other three bolts in. Tighten these four bolts, 23 newton meters which is 16.9 ft/lbs., and I'm just kind of taking a little liberty and rounding up to 17 ft/lbs.

Reconnect the battery lead, tighten, put the cap back on, reinstall your intake hose, and tighten.

Use a flat blade screwdriver or a 7mm socket and ratchet. Reinstall our two T30 torque screws that hold this in place, and reinstall your top engine cover. Lifting up on the belt, pull the tensioner with the wrench, put the belt up on the alternator, and let the tensioner do it's job.

Reconnect your battery, tighten it up with the 10mm wrench, and then reinstall the panel that should be there.

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