Service

^ Please notify customers who have taken delivery of one of the affected vehicles when the vehicles are next in the workshop.

^ Please ensure that all affected vehicles are checked and repaired during the next service visit. Make a note of the required campaign on the workshop order before it is signed by the customer.

^ If it is omitted to perform the work required for the campaign during a workshop visit, notify the customer about the update immediately.

^ You should also pass on this information to your new and used car sales departments so that the vehicles affected are checked and, if necessary, repaired immediately.

Vehicles with 3.2L FSI engine (criteria 32)





1. Carry out visual inspection of poly V-belt.





2. Start engine and observe how belt runs on idler roller.

Tip: If the idler is out of line, the poly V-belt will "wander" past the edge of the roller when the engine is running.





3. ^ If a = 0 - 4mm the full width of the poly V-belt is running on the idler roller. No further steps are required.

^ If the poly V-belt is running over the inner or outer edge of the idler roller, both the idler roller and the poly V-belt must be replaced.

>> Workshop Manual, 6-cylinder direct petrol injection engine with supercharger (3.0L 4-valve), mechanics; Rep. Gr. 13; Removing and Installing poly V-belt".

Vehicles with 3.0L TFSI engine (criterion 30)





1. Carry out visual inspection of poly V-belt.





2. Start engine and observe how belt runs on idler roller.





Tip: If the idler is out of line, the poly V-belt will "wander" past the edge of the roller when the engine is running.





3. If a = 0 - 4mm, the full width of the poly V-belt is running on the idler roller. No further steps are required.

If the poly V-belt is running over the inner or outer edge of the idler roller, both the idler roller and the poly V-belt must be replaced.

>> Workshop Manual, 6-cylinder direct petrol injection engine with supercharger (3.0L 4-valve), mechanics; Rep. Gr. 13; "Removing and Installing poly V-belt".





Note:
^ It is not possible to completely remove the idler roller (Figure 8, arrow) of the poly V-belt for the supercharger. Unscrew the idler roller as shown pull it towards the front.

^ Remove the belt tensioner assembly of the poly V-belt for the supercharger.





4. Supercharger belt tensioner bolt (Figure 9, # 10), torque to 40 Nm.

After completion of all required work, make the entry "13E9 completed" (including date and workshop stamp) in the next vacant box in the Service Record section of the Service Schedule or in the section for Workshop remarks.