Auxiliary heater

Overview of fitting locations - auxiliary heater components, Golf and Golf GTE

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The illustration shows a Golf.

Overview of fitting locations - auxiliary heater components, Golf and Golf GTE
1 - Auxiliary heater aerial -R182-

For vehicles with auxiliary heater and remote control.

Removing and installing auxiliary heater aerial -R182- → Communication; Rep. gr.91.
2 - Ambient temperature sensor -G17-

Checking: with vehicle diagnostic tester

Removing and installing → Chapter

3 - Exhaust system of auxiliary heater

Removing and installing → Chapter

4 - Circulation pump -V55-

Fitting location: on auxiliary heater.

Removing and installing → Chapter

5 - Auxiliary heater

With auxiliary heater control unit -J364-.

Location: behind front bumper cover on right

Removing and installing → Chapter

6 - Fuel delivery unit

With fuel gauge sender -G-

Removing and installing → Rep. gr.20

7 - Metering pump -V54-

Location: On fuel tank

Check fuel supply to auxiliary heater → Chapter.

The metering pump -V54- might tick audibly but fail to deliver fuel because there is air in the suction hose. The control unit will then switch off permanently. Read event memory using vehicle diagnostic tester, auxiliary heater self-diagnosis. Erase event memory and perform final control diagnosis for auxiliary heater.

Removing and installing → Chapter

Testing quantity of fuel delivered → Chapter

8 - Remote control receiver for auxiliary coolant heater -R149-

Removing and installing → Chapter

Test yourself

A quick Volkswagen Golf quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.