VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE 2020 Owners Manual
Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN, Model Year: 2020, Model line: GOLF 8 GTE, Model: VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE 2020Pages: 601
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WARNG
Therearerotatgcomponentstheengecompartmentthatcancauseserusry
everreachtotheradtorfanortotheareaoftheradtorfanouchgthero
torbdescanresuserusrshefantemperature-controldandcan
startautomatalvenwhenthennhasbeenswchedofforthevehkey
hasbeenremovedfromthennck
anyworkhastobeperformeddurgthestartprocedureorwhentheengerun
ngherotatgparts(suchastheradtorfanetcposeanaddnaafetyrk
ndcanpotentlcausefatairsaysbeparturcarefu
aysensurethatnobodypartswelrysoseemsofcthgorng
hacanbecaughtuprotatgengecomponentseforestartgworke
moveanywelryandtsupnghaandpulthesthttoavo
themgettgcaughtengeparts
aystakeduecareandattentnwhendepressgtheacceratorheveh
coustartmovgeventheectronparkgbrakeswchedon
aysensureyouhavenotftanyobctsuchascangcthsandtoothe
engecompartmentnyforgottenemscancausemaunctnsngedamage
andfes
WARNG
Addnaisutgmatersuchasbnketstheengecompartmentcoudrupt
theoperatnoftheengetartfesandadtoseverers
evercovertheengewhbnketsorothersutgmater
WARNG
Servefsandsomematertheengecompartmentarehhfmmaband
cancausefesandserusrs
eversmokethevyoftheengecompartment
everworknearnakedfmesorsparks
everspllervefsontotheengeheycouneonhotengecomponents
andthuscausers
asenotethefolwgwhencarrygoutanyworkonthefueystemortheec
traystem
aysdconnectthe12-vovehbatterynsurethatthevehuncked
whenthe12-vovehbatterydconnectedasotherwetheanttheftarm
wlleactated
everworkthedectproxyofheatgsystemsaterheatersoranyother
nakedfmes
ayshaveafulfunctnandtestedfeextguhertohand
OTE
Whenreflligorrepcgservefsnsurethatyoupourthecorrectservefs
tothecorrectopengsheuseofcorrectservefscouresuserusma
unctnsandengedamage
OTE
Afteranaccentraftertheunderseofthevehhasstruckanobstachehh-
voagebatterymustbecheckedbyapproprtequaidandtraedexperts
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nyservefsaksfromthevehareharmfuotheenvonmentou
shouthereforeregurcheckthegroundunderneathyourvehthere
arespotsofolrotherfsonthegroundhevehshoubespectedby
aguaidworkshopnysplservefsmustbedposedofproper
Prepargthevehforworkgtheengecompart
ment
Checkit
Thefolwgstepsshouaaysbecarrdoutthespecdorderbeforeworkg
theengecompartmentPrepargthevehforworkgtheengecompartment
arkthevehonavendstabsurface
epressandhothebrakepedantlhevehdresystemhasbeen
deactated
wchontheectronparkgbrake(->Ectronparkgbrakeescrtn)
ovethesectorvertoposn->Automatgearboxperatn)
eactatethevehdresystem
necessaryemovethevehkeyfromthevehandkeepacatnoutse
thevehsothatthevehnotputtooperatnaccental
lwthecombustnengeandectrdretocoouffnt
ayskeepotherpersonsawayfromtheengecompartment
ecurethevehagastroligaway
WARNG
norganyoftheemsonthportantsafetycheckitcanadtoseverers
aysfolwthestructnsthecheckitandobservethegeneraafety
procedures
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pengandcsgthebonnet
thefootwelnthedrerse
onnetreasever(schematdgram)
pengthebonnet
penthedrerdoorandpulhereaseverthedectnofarrowFhe
bonnetreasedfromtheckcarrrcatchbysprgforceOpengandcsgthe
bonnet
aethebonnetsihtandatthesametepressthecontrolverthedectnof
arrow
tofulopenthebonnet
akethebonnetstaythedectnofarrowoutofshoer
andpushtotheopeng
sgthebonnet
tthebonnetsihtandho
nhookthebonnetstayfromtheopeng
andpushtoshoer
etthebonnetdroptothecatchfromahehtofabout20cm(8)-donotpress
down
thebonnethasnotcsedproperpenoncemoreandthencseaga
hebonnetfshwhthebodypartsaroundwhencsedproper
AWARNG
thebonnetnotcsedpropercanopensuddenwhlyouaredrgandcom
pteobscureyourvwoftheroadhcanadtoaccentsandserusrs
ftercsgbonnetayscheckthatthecatchproperengagedtheck
carrr
younotethatthebonnetnotcsedproperwhlthevehmotn
wchonthehazardwarngihtsrakecarefultopthevehassoonaspos
sandcsethebonnet
penorcsethebonnetonwhenno-onesmovementpath
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OTE
hebonnetshouonbeopenedwhenthewerarmsarefshtothewdscreen
andwhentheyareswchedoffordertoavodamagetothebonnetandthewer
arms
py
nthestrumentcsterdpyhe
bonnetopenornotcsedproper(lls
tratn)
symbonthestrumentcsterdpydatesthebonnetopenornotcsed
properF
Donotdreonnecessaryitthebonnetandthencseaga
hsymboiaovwhenthennswchedoffandwllooutafewseconds
afterthevehhasbeenckedwhenaloorsarecsed
WARNG
Falretoobservewarngscancauseyourvehtobreakdowntraffhhcan
adtoaccentsandserusrs
evernoreanywarngs
topthevehassoonaspossandwhensafetodoso
hesymboandferdependgontheversnofthestrumentcstera
Servefsandconsumabs
lervefsandconsumabsoontandbattersrebegconstantde
vepedhaoappistoengeolthecaseofcombustnengesorthreason
ervefsandconsumabsshouberepcedataquaidworkshoposwagendea
rshsarekeptuptodateonalhanges
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ARNG
Unsuabservefsandconsumabsndthecorrectuseofthesefsandconsum
absancauseaccentserusrsurnsorpoong
ervefsmustbekepttheoraeadcontaer
everstoreservefsemptyfoodcontaersottsoranyothernon-oraon
taersaspeopfdgthesecontaerscoudrkthem
eepchlrenawayfromalervefsandconsumabs
aysreadandfolwtheformatnandwarngsontheservefpackagg
henusgproductsthatgeoffharmfuumesaysworkoutdoorsorawel
ventltedarea
NOTE
nusesuabservefsforreflligeverusethewrongservefalreto
observethwarngcanresuserusmaunctnsandengedamage
eakgservefscanpoltetheenvonmentplservefsmustbeco
lctedsuabcontaersanddposedofproperandanenvonmentalre
sponsway
Washerf
Thewasherfvehoubecheckedregurandreflldasnecessary
hereastraerthefllrthroatofthewasherfreservohestraerkeepsrgedt
partsawayfromthewashertswhenrefllighestraershouonberemovedfor
cangthestraerdamagedornotpresentwhenreflligtpartscanenterthe
systemandbckthewasherts
penthebonnetA(~>theengecompartmentperatn)
hewasherfreservoentdbythesymbonthecap
heckwhetherthereenoughwasherfthereservo
otopupcanwater(notdtlldwater)whacommerclavalbwasherf
/^bservethemturestructnsonthepackagg
twoutsetemperaturesddaspecntfreezeagentsothatthefcannotfreeze
Theflligquantyofthewasherfreservoapprox-7ires(3-7quarts)de
pendgontheequment
WARNG
Nevermcoontaddeorotherunsuabaddestothewdscreenwasherf
hesemayaveanolflonthewdowonserabrestrtgthefofvn
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OTE
evermsuabcangagentswhothercangagentshcancausethe
gredntstoseparateandbckthewasherts
ngeol
troductntothetop
Engeolarematchedtothereguementsoftheengesxhaustpuratnsystems
andfueuaiyuetothewaywhhacombustnengeworksngeolays
comestocontactwhcombustnresuesandfuehhhasaneffectontheageg
processoftheolhecorrectengeoliportantforthefunctnandserveieof
theengespecuradehh-bryolasbeenflldatthefactoryandth
cannormalbeusedasanalseasonol
oswagenrecommendshavgengeolhangescarrdoutbyaVoswagen
dearsh
formatnonwarnganddatormpsthatihtupcanbefoundthe
troubshootgsectnsattheendofthechapter(->EngeolAQ)
WARNG
correcthandigofengeolancauseserusburnsandotherrs
aysweareyeprotectnwhenhandigengeol
ngeolitoxandmustbestoredoutofthereachofchlren
ngeolustbekeptcsedsoraontaerhaoappistousedol
ntlidposedof
egurcontactwhengeolandamagetheskkthathasbeencontact
whengeolhoubewashedthoroughwhwaterandsoap
ngeolecomesextremehotwhentheengerunngandcanscask
severeaysalwtheengetocooown
eakgorsplengeolanpoltetheenvonmentplservefsmust
becolctedanddposedofproperandwhrespectfortheenvonment
Engeoltandards
Askaquaidworkshopwhhengeolisuabforyourvehoswagenrecom
mendsusgaVoswagendearshforthpurpose
notherengeolanbeusedanemergencytheengeolecommendedbythe
quaidworkshopnotavalboavodamaggtheengemaxumquantyof
0iresofthefolwgengeolaybeuseduntlhenextolhange
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etrongeswhoutpartuteflertandardsVW50200andACEAA3/B4or
APN(APM)
etrongeswhpartuteflertandardsVW50400W50800andACEAC3or
AP4
Checkwhaquaidworkshopyouareunsurewhetheryourvehequpedwha
partutefleroswagenrecommendsusgaVoswagendearshforthpurpose
oswagenrecommendsVoswagengenueol
OTE
onotaddanyaddnalbrantstotheengeolnydamagecausedbytheuse
ofsuchaddesnotcoveredbythewarranty
oswagenrecommendstheuseofapprovedengeolaccordancewhthere
specterevantVWstandardengeolthatdonotmeetthesequaiyreque
mentsareusedcancauseengedamage
NOTE
thevehhasbeenflldwhengeolaccordancewhthestandards
VW50200W50400W50501W50700W50800orVW50900efllhen
geolfthesamestandardwherepossalretodosomayresuenge
damage
hanggengeol
heengeolustbechangedonaregurbasaysobservetheserveterva
appiabtoyourveh(->Servetroductn/Generaiformatn)
lndflerchangesrequespecooxpertknowdgeandcorrectdposafo
oloushouthereforeaayshavetheengeolndflerchangesperformedbya
quaidworkshoposwagenrecommendsusgaVoswagendearshforth
purpose
oredetalontheservetervacanbefoundthechapteronserve(->Serve
troductn/Generaiformatn)
ddestheengeolancausenewengeolodcourqukhnormand
doesnotmeanthattheengeolhoubechangedmorefrequent
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WARNG
exceptnaasesouhavetocarryoutanolhangeyourseasenotethe
folwg
aysweareyeprotectn
aysalwtheengetocooowncomptetoavoburns
eepyourarmshorontahenremovgtheolrapgwhyourfgerstohe
preventolromrunngdownyourarm
seasuabcontaerwhendragtheusedolmustbeatastrgeenough
tohotheentequantyofengeolequedforrefllig
everstoreengeoliemptyfoodcontaersottsoranyothernon-ora
ontaersaspeopfdgthesecontaersmaynotknowthattheycontaenge
ol
ngeolitoxandmustbestoredoutofthereachofchlren
eforechanggtheengeolstfdoutwhereoolanbedposedof
propernearyou
Usedolustbedposedofanenvonmentalresponswayeverd
poseofoolicatnssuchasgardensoodseweragesystemsn
streetsandroadsrrersandbodsofwater
Engeolonsumptn
Engeolonsumptncanvaryfromengetoengeandcanchangedurgthework
gieofanenge
ependgondrgstyandoperatgcondnsngeolonsumptncanbeupto
11quart)per200klmetres(100mls)newvehsietobehherfor
thefst500klmetres(300mls)heengeollveustthereforebecheckedat
regurtervareferabwhenrefueligandbeforengurneys
hentheengeworkghardheengeollvehoubekeptwhtheupperper
msareaorstancedurgextendedmotorwaytrssummerorwhencibg
mountapasses(->Engeolefllig)
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heckgtheengeollvendreflligengeol
-
TT-1329
ngeollvearkgsontheol
stk(varnts)
A)Engeollveoohh-observethemessagesonthestrumentcsterdpyor
contactaquaidworkshopnecessary
onotfllngeol
QEngeollveK
D)Engeollveoow-fllngeol
heckit
CarryoutthestepsthespecdorderCheckgtheengeollvendreflligen
geol
htheengeatperatgtemperaturearkthevehonaveurfacetoen
surethattheengeoleadgcorrect
wchofftheengeandwaafewmutesfortheengeolofwbacktothe
sump
penthebonnetA(~>theengecompartmentperatn)
ulheolstkoutoftheguetubeandweoffwhacancthoucan
entytheolstkbyscouredhand
serttheolstktotheguetubeagaasfaraswllothereamarkg
ontheupperendoftheolstkhmarkgmustftothecorrespondg
grooveatthetopendoftheguetubeuponsertn
uluttheolstkagaandreadtheengeollventhedstkasfolws
->F
A)Engeollveitoohhbserveanymessagesthatareshownonthestru
mentcsterdpyorontactaquaidworkshopheckgtheengeol
lvendreflligengeol
)onotfllngeolheckgtheengeollvendreflligengeol
ontuewhstep16
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(T)EngeollveKheengeolanbereflldtothepperioftharea
theengeoperatedathhadsontuewhstep8or16Checkgthe
engeollvendreflligengeol
D
^
Engeollveoowessentofllngeolontuewhstep8
fterreadgofftheollveushtheolstkbacktotheguetubeasfaras
wllo
nscrewtheengeolllropengcap
Fllngeolradualsmaluants(notmorethan00quart)oswa
genAGrecommendstheuseofapprovedengeolaccordancewhtherevant
VWstandard(->Engeoltandards/Dectes)
ordertoavooverflligaforapproxateonemuteaftereachreflltepto
alwtheengeolofwtothesumpuptothemarkgontheengeolstk
hecktheengeollventhedstkagabeforereflligwhafurthersmal
uantyofengeoleveroverfllhengeolheckgtheengeollve
ndreflligengeol
fterflligheengeollvehoubethemdoftheareaF(cT)
(A)Checkthearea
gtheengeollvendreflligengeol
setheengeolllropengwhthecapafterflligengeol
sethebonnetA(~>theengecompartmentperatn)
hounotbeaboveandmustnotbethearea
AWARNG
Engeolannecomestocontactwhhotengecomponentshcancause
fesurnsandotherserusrs
engeolisploncoengepartscanheatupandnewhentheenge
runng
aysensurethattheengeolllrcapsecurethtenedafterrefllignd
thatthedstkpropersertedbacktotheguetubehwllreventthe
engeolromescapgontohotengecomponentswhentheengerunng
NOTE
toomuchnginelasbeenaddeduntentnalandtheengeollvei
areaFAonotstarttheengeotyaquaidworkshopandseekex
pertasstancenecessaryhecatatconverterandtheengecouotherwe
bedamaged
henreflligservefsaseensurethatyoupourthecorrectservefs
tothecorrectopengsheuseofcorrectservefscouresuserus
maunctnsandengedamage
TheengeollveustneverbeabovetheareaF
canbedrawnthroughthecrankcasebreatherandescapetotheatmo
spherevtheexhaustsystem
therweol