Auto Manual of VW Passat B5

VW Passat
The maintenance instruction
- 1. Maintenance service
   1.1. Technical characteristics
    1.2. Periodicity of service
    1.3. Engine oil
   1.4. Exhaust system check
    1.5. System of cooling of the engine
    1.6. Spark plugs
   1.7. Plums of water from the fuel filter (diesel engines)
   1.8. Replacement of the fuel filter (diesel engines)
   1.9. Check of tightness of hoses and вытекания liquids
   1.10. Replacement of a filtering element of the air filter
   1.11. Condition check поликлинового a belt
   1.12. Klinovye belts
   1.13. Measurement of deterioration of gear belts on diesel engines
   1.14. A box of transfers / the main transfer
   1.15. Check of a protective cover of a power shaft
   1.16. Visual check of tightness of a transmission
   1.17. Check of level of oil in a mechanical transmission
   1.18. Oil check in the main transfer of automatic transmissions
   1.19. Check/replacement of level of oil in an automatic transmission
   1.20. Check of a forward suspension bracket and a steering
   1.21. Check of dustproof covers of hinges of a forward suspension bracket
   1.22. Shock-absorber check
   1.23. Radiator check
   1.24. Check of electric chains
    1.25. A brake liquid
   1.26. Check of lobbies brake колодок
   1.27. Check back brake колодок
   1.28. Check of brake hoses
   1.29. Check of cables of a manual brake
   1.30. Check of level of a liquid in the steering amplifier
   1.31. The dust filter
   1.32. The storage battery
   1.33. Hinges of doors
    1.34. Стеклоомыватели
   1.35. Brushes of screen wipers
   1.36. Check of a starting position of the lever of a screen wiper
   1.37. Check of an angle of slope of the lever of a screen wiper
   1.38. Battery replacement in a remote control key
   1.39. Service-indicator zeroing
2. Engines
3. Cooling system
4. Fuel system
5. Engine management
6. An exhaust system
7. Transmission
8. A running gear
9. A steering
10. Brake system
11. A body
12. Heating, ventilation
13. An electric equipment

1.22. Shock-absorber check

PERFORMANCE ORDER

Check up the shock-absorber on any signs of liquid leaks. If leak is found out, hence, the shock-absorber is damaged and demands replacement.
The prevention
Shock-absorbers are necessary for changing in pairs on one axis.

Efficiency of the shock-absorber also is checked by pressing a corner of a body and sharp отпускания. The body should come back in a starting position after it отпускания. If the body rises above a starting position and continues to be shaken, that, possibly, the shock-absorber located from this party, has failed and is subject to replacement. Also check up shock-absorber fastening on deterioration.