Removing and installing compressor - GT3: Removal

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Remove the cover above the heating/ air-conditioning system. Remove the refrigerant by suction using the service unit.
Disconnect the battery and cover terminal or battery. Remove the complete air cleaner assembly.
Just loosen belt pulley for hydraulic pump. Relieve the drive belt at the tensioning pulley and remove the belt.
Unclip wire from the air flow sensor on the expansion tank of the hydraulic pump.
Remove belt pulley for hydraulic pump and remove oil filler necks from support.

Fig 1: Removing Belt Pulley For Hydraulic Pump
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Undo fastening screws on the expansion tank (2 M8 screws) and the hydraulic pump (3 M8 screws and one M6). Pull the expansion tank with hydraulic pump and connected lines up out of the fastening bracket and set down on the right-hand side.

Fig 2: Removing Fastening Screws On Expansion Tank And The Hydraulic Pump
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Remove holder for oil filter console (2 screws M8 and M6). Just loosen lower M8 screw and lift holder out (bore is slotted).
Undo the compressor from the console (3 screws).

Fig 3: Removing Compressor From Console & Screws
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NOTE: The intake distributor with throttle body can be swung upward as far as it will go for better accessibility to the front screw. To do this, both inner hose clamps must be removed.
Lift the compressor with spacer sleeve and fastening screws out of the bracket and carefully remove to the rear. Disconnect the electrical plug connection.
Undo the refrigerant lines at the compressor. Immediately close connections and lines with plugs so that they are air-tight.