Removing and installing poly V-belt (Golf Plus, Eos, Scirocco, Golf, Touran, Polo, Sharan, Passat, Passat CC, Golf Cabriolet)

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Locking pin - T10060 A-
• 16 mm open-end spanner - T10447- (not shown)
• 4 mm Allen key

Removing

• Remove noise insulation.
• Mark direction of rotation of poly V-belt.

Polo only

• Press filler neck for windscreen washer fluid out of bracket in -direction of arrow-.

Sharan only

• Open retaining clip of refrigerant line -arrow-.

Vehicles with two tensioning elements

• To slacken poly V-belt, swivel tensioning element in direction of -arrow- from above using 16 mm open-end spanner - T10447-.
• Lock tensioning element using locking pin - T10060 A-.

Continued for all vehicles

• To slacken poly V-belt, swing tensioning element in direction of -arrow- from below using 16 mm open-end spanner.
• Lock tensioning element with a 4 mm Allen key -1-.
• Remove poly V-belt -2-.

Installing

When installing poly V-belt, observe direction of rotation and make sure it is properly seated on pulleys and tensioning elements.

• Fit poly V-belt first over crankshaft pulley. Finally, push belt onto tensioning roller.

Further assembly is basically a reverse of the dismantling sequence.

After completing repairs:

• Start engine, and check if belt runs properly.

1.3.1 Poly V-belt routing

Belt drive with air conditioner compressor

• 1 Pulley - cooling system pump
• 2 Crankshaft pulley
• 3 Tensioning pulley
• 4 Tensioning roller or idler roller
• 5 Alternator pulley
• 6 Air conditioner compressor pulley
• 7 Poly V-belt

Belt drive for supercharger

• 1 Supercharger pulley
• 2 Tensioning pulley
• 3 Pulley - coolant pump with pulley - magnetic clutch for supercharger - N421-
• 4 Poly V-belt