Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 235

Tightening Specifications

2.13

Gas-Filled Strut, Venting

– Clamp the area -x- of the gas strut in the vise, area x = 50 mm.

WARNING

Wear protective eyewear when sawing.
Cover the area of the saw cut with a cleaning cloth.
Dispose of the oil and cleaning cloths properly.

– Cut open the cylinder of the gas-filled strut within the first third

of the total cylinder length, using the piston rod side of the

cylinder as a reference point.

3

Fuel Filler Door Unit

⇒ “3.1 Overview - Fuel Filler Door Unit”, page 73
⇒ “3.2 Fuel Filler Door Unit, Removing and Installing”,

page 74
⇒ “3.3 Fuel Filler Door, Removing and Installing”, page 76
⇒ “3.4 Adjusting Element, Removing and Installing”, page 77

3.1

Overview - Fuel Filler Door Unit

1 - Fuel Filler Door

❑ Removing and instal‐

ling. Refer to

⇒ “3.3 Fuel Filler Door,

Removing and Instal‐

ling”, page 76

 .

2 - Fuel Filler Door Unit

❑ Removing and instal‐

ling. Refer to

⇒ “3.2 Fuel Filler Door

Unit, Removing and In‐

stalling”, page 74

 .

3 - Water Drain Hose

❑ Routed between the

wheel housing and the

wheel housing liner

4 - Adjusting Element

❑ Removing and instal‐

ling. Refer to

⇒ “3.4 Adjusting Ele‐

ment, Removing and In‐

stalling”, page 77

 .

5 - Connector
6 - Screw

❑ 1.5 Nm

3.2

Fuel Filler Door Unit, Removing and Installing

Removing
– Remove the fuel filler cap.
– Remove the bolt -3-.
– Remove the fuel filler door unit boot from the filler neck -2-.
– If equipped, remove the fuel filler door unit boot from the re‐

ducing agent filler neck.

– Remove the fuel filler door unit slightly toward the rear in di‐

rection of -arrow a- out of the retainers.

– Tilt the fuel filler door unit -1- out of the side panel in direction

of -arrow b-.

– Guide the water drain hose -4- out of the side panel.

Installing
– Insert the water drain hose -4- through the opening in the fuel

filler door unit -1- and then pull it all the way through.

– Push the water drain hose -4- into the side panel in direction

of -arrow a-.

– Pivot the fuel filler door unit -1- in the side pane in direction of

-arrow b- and pull the boot over the filler neck -2-.

– If equipped, pull the fuel filler door unit boot over the reducing

agent filler neck.

– Push the fuel filler door unit completely into the side panel in

direction of -arrow c-.