17 11 035 Removing And Installing/Replacing The Fan Cowl With Electric Fan (N63 B40/B44 O 1)

Necessary preliminary work:

Remove front stiffening plate.

Disengage the coolant line (1) from the fan cowl.

Fig 1: Coolant Line At Fan Cowl

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Release screw (1).

Detach coolant lines from fan cowl.

Unlock the connector (2) from fan cowl and pull it off.

Fig 2: Connector And Screw

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Release screw (1).

Tightening torque: 17 10 3AZ .

Fig 3: Screw

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Release holder (1) for auxiliary water pumps from fan cowl and module carrier to the top.

Fig 4: Holder For Auxiliary Water Pumps

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Unclip fan cowl (1) at clamps (2) on left and right, thread out in upward direction and remove.

Fig 5: Unclipping Fan Cowl

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Installation note:

Insert retaining tab (1) at bottom on module carrier.

Fig 6: Retaining Tab

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NOTE: Check stored fault message.
Reassemble the vehicle.
Clear diagnostic fault entries from fault memory.