Preliminary Work
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- Remove vibration balancer. → 137619 REMOVING AND INSTALLING VIBRATION DAMPER (CRANKSHAFT PULLEY)
- Support the engine in the vehicle. → 1001IN SUPPORTING THE ENGINE ON THE BODY
- Remove engine carrier. To do this, remove the screws from the hydraulic mounts from below and remove them from the longitudinal member. → 103019 REMOVING AND INSTALLING ENGINE CARRIER
- Front-axle final drive
- Front axle
- Steering gear
- Remove oil pan. → 175019 REMOVING AND INSTALLING OIL PAN
- Unclip coolant hoses from the clip on the oil/water heat exchanger. → Coolant return on oil/water heat exchanger
- Remove oil-pressure sender.
- 6.1. Release and pull off connector on oil-pressure sender.
- 6.2. Unscrew fastening screws -4- and remove oil-pressure sender -3- . The adapter -1- is removed as well.
- Unscrew five screws -arrows- between the timing-case cover and oil guide housing. (Four screws can be seen in the illustration, the fifth screw is behind the oil-pressure sender.)
- Disconnect coolant supply to the oil/water heat exchanger. To do this, clamp the coolant hoses for the oil/water heat exchanger with hose clamps. For example, use hose clamp 3093 or hose clamp 3094 . Pull the coolant hoses off the oil/water heat exchanger. Coolant will run out.
- Drain engine oil. → 170117 CHANGING ENGINE OIL AND OIL FILTER .
- For PDCC: Remove fastening nuts -1- on front wire assembly -2- from the oil pan.
- On turbo engines, remove the two side oil extraction lines -5-
and (bottom illustration) -8-
from the oil guide housing.
- 4 - Sealing ring
- 5 - Oil extraction line
- 6 - Screw, M6 x 12
- 7 - Screw, M6 x 16
- 8 - Seal for turbocharger, cylinders 1 to 4
- 7 - Screw, M6 x 16
- 8 - Oil extraction line
- 9 - Seal for turbocharger, cylinders 5 to 8
- 10 - Sealing ring
- Release electric plug connection on the oil level sensor -a- and expose the cable. Remove oil level sensor.
- Remove cable plug and joint flange -1, 2, 3-
on the oil pressure control valve.
- Screws, M6 x 20
- Sealing flange
- O-ring
- M6 screw; oil level sensor to oil guide housing
- Oil level sensor
- M6 screw; oil guide housing to lower part of crankcase
- Loosen ATF lines at the oil guide housing and lay them aside. → REMOVING LINES FOR ATF COOLING