BATTERY TEST, PERFORMING USING Battery Tester :VAS6161
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Battery Tester:VAS6161
Risk of injury! Follow all Warnings and Safety Precautions. Refer to WARNINGS AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .
Testing the Battery:
Do not check or charge batteries that have a visual indicator that is light yellow. Do not give a jump start.
There is a risk of explosion during testing, charging or jump starting.
These batteries must be replaced.
-- Turn off the ignition and all electrical equipment.
-- Battery with Visual Indicator, Checking Visual Indicator. Refer to BATTERY, CHECKING, VEHICLES WITH BATTERY MONITORING CONTROL MODULE J367 OR ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONTROL MODULE J644 AND DATA BUSON BOARD DIAGNOSTIC INTERFACE J533 .
-- Switch on the unit.
-- Clamp the red clamp "+" of the tester to the positive terminal.
-- Clamp the black clamp "-" on the tester to the negative terminal.
Make sure the test clamps make good contact!
-- Select one of the following tests:
VW original battery test: all VW original batteries are checked with this outside of the warranty.
Non VW battery test: all batteries from other manufactures are checked with this.
Storage maintenance: for batteries in storage and inventory.
- VW original battery. Refer to VW ORIGINAL BATTERY TEST .
- Non VW battery. Refer to NON VW BATTERY TEST .
- Storage maintenance. Refer to STORAGE MAINTENANCE, PERFORMING .
The test is over after approximately 10 seconds.
The test results are printed out.
It is not necessary to let the tester cool down before performing the next measurement.