Audi Q7: Overview - Bosch Generator from 2007
Note
The new generators are installed as a running change.

1 - Nut
2 - Ribbed Belt Pulley
3 - Generator
4 - Voltage Regulator
- Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Voltage Regulator, Removing and Installing, Bosch Generator
from 2007".
- Carbon brushes, checking. Refer to
→ Chapter "Carbon Brushes, Checking, All Bosch Generators from 2001"
5 - Bolt
6 - Cover
7 - Bolt
8 - Bolt
Voltage Regulator, Removing and Installing, Bosch Generator from 2007
Removing
- Remove the generator. Refer to
→ Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.27; Generator; Generator,
Removing and Installing.
- Remove the bolts -arrows-.
- Remove the cover -1- on the
rear side of the generator.

- Remove the bolts -arrows-.
- Remove voltage regulator -1-.

Installing
- When installing the voltage regulator, make sure the carbon
brushes rest correctly on the slip rings.
Install in reverse order of removal, observing the
following:
- Install the generator. Refer to
→ Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.27; Generator; Generator,
Removing and Installing.
- Tightening specification. Refer to
→ Chapter "Overview - Bosch Generator from 2001".
Carbon Brushes, Checking, All Bosch Generators from 2001
Procedure
- Remove the voltage regulator: to 2007. Refer to
→ Chapter "Voltage Regulator, Bosch Generator from 2001,
Removing and Installing", after 2007
→ Chapter "Voltage Regulator, Removing and Installing, Bosch
Generator from 2007".
- Check the length -a- of the
carbon brushes.
- Install the voltage regulator: to 2007. Refer to
→ Chapter "Voltage Regulator, Bosch Generator from 2001,
Removing and Installing", after 2007
→ Chapter "Voltage Regulator, Removing and Installing, Bosch
Generator from 2007".

READ NEXT:
1 - Generator
2 - Voltage Regulator
Removing:
Remove the nuts -5- and the cover
-4-.
Remove the bolt -6- and the nuts
-7- and remove the voltage regulator.
Carbon brus
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Generator Belt Socket -3310-
Inner hex socket 8 mm or TORX
T50
Removing
- Remove the generator if necessary. Refer to
→ Electrical Equip
Washer Fluid Hoses
Washer Fluid Line Hose Connections, Disconnecting and Connecting
Various hose couplings are used to connect the hoses to the
washer fluid pumps and spray jets or as coupling points
SEE MORE:
Overview - Engine Oil Cooler
1 - Engine Oil Cooler
With oil cooler bypass valve
See note.
Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Engine Oil Cooler, Removing and Installing".
2 - Bracket
3 - Bolt
3 Nm +90º
Replace after removing
4 - Co
If the engine oil level too low
If you need to add engine oil, use an oil that is listed on the sticker. The
sticker is located at the front of the engine compartment fig. 164. When using
the engine oil listed on the sticker, you can adjust the oil level as often as
needed.
If engine oil that mee