Remove front engine encapsulation

• Have a rag ready and make sure that no motor oil drips onto the belt drive.
• Loosen screw (1). 
• Detach the oil feed line (2). 

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• Unlock and detach the engine wiring harness (1)  in the highlighted areas.

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• Unlock and disconnect connector (1). 
• Loosen expanding rivet (2). 

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• Unlock the connector (1)  and detach it off the exhaust turbocharger.
• Unlock the connector (2)  and detach it off the heating element.
• Unlock the connector (3)  and detach it off the heat management module.

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• Carefully pull the engine wiring harness (1)  toward the front and feed the engine encapsulation (2)  out toward the top.

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Follow-up work 

• Refer to INSTALLING THE AUXILIARY COOLANT PUMP OF THE EXHAUST TURBOCHARGER .
• Refer to INSTALLING ACOUSTIC COVER AT FRONT .
• Refer to INSTALLING CHARGE AIR LINE .
• Refer to INSTALLING CLEAN AIR PIPE .
• Refer to INSTALLING BOTH COOLANT EXPANSION TANKS .
• Refer to INSTALLING THE DESIGN COVER .
• Refer to INSTALLING THE FRONT UNDERBODY PROTECTION .
• Refer to INSTALLING ACOUSTIC COVER .