Disassembling V6 DFI Engine
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- Remove engine wire harness → REMOVING WIRE HARNESS FOR ENGINE .
- Remove bar ignition modules → REMOVING BAR IGNITION MODULES .
- Remove intake-air distributor → REMOVING INTAKE-AIR DISTRIBUTOR .
- Remove drive belt → REMOVING DRIVE BELT .
- Remove belt tensioner → 137319 REMOVING AND INSTALLING BELT TENSIONER ON DFI ENGINES
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arrows - Belt tensioner
- Remove unit carrier
- Belt tensioner
- Cheese head bolt on belt tensioner
- Unit carrier
- Fit bolt for unit carrier
- Cheese head bolt for unit carrier
- Dowel sleeve for unit carrier
- Deflection roller with fastening screw
- Drive belt (poly-rib belt)
- Generator
- Coolant pump pulley
- Drive wheel for air-conditioning compressor
- Power-steering pump pulley
- Crankshaft vibration damper
- Remove generator → REMOVING GENERATOR .
- Remove coolant pump → REMOVING COOLANT PUMP
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- 8.1. Remove coolant pump pulley if necessary.
arrows - Oval-head screws for pulley (coolant pump)
- Remove all coolant hoses and additional coolant pump with holder.
- 9.1. Unscrew fastening screws -2- .
- 9.2. Pull off cable plugs and remove coolant hoses -3, 4 and 5- .
- 9.3. Remove additional coolant pump with sheetmetal holder -1-
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- Sheetmetal holder
- Fastening screws for coolant pump holder
- Coolant hose
- Coolant hose
- Coolant hose
- Remove oil/water heat exchanger and engine support arm → REMOVING ENGINE OIL COOLER .
- Remove exhaust manifold if necessary → REMOVING EXHAUST MANIFOLD
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arrows - Exhaust manifold fastening nuts
- Remove fuel distributor pipe (fuel rail) → REMOVING FUEL DISTRIBUTOR PIPE (FUEL RAIL)
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- Fuel line (low-pressure)
- Cheese head bolts for fuel distributor pipe
- Fuel injectors
- Remove coolant regulator → REMOVING COOLANT REGULATOR
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- 13.1. Loosen spring band clamp -2- .
- 13.2. Pull thermostat housing -1-
completely out of the cylinder block.
- Thermostat housing
- Spring band clamp
- Coolant hose
- Remove cylinder head cover → REMOVING CYLINDER HEAD COVER .
- Remove flywheel/drive plate.
- 15.1. Remove dual-mass flywheel on vehicles with manual transmission → REMOVING DRIVE PLATE .
- 15.2. Remove drive plate on vehicles with automatic transmission → REMOVING DRIVE PLATE FOR TORQUE CONVERTER .
- Remove oil pan → REMOVING OIL PAN .
- Remove timing-case cover at the top and bottom → REMOVING TIMING-CASE COVER .
- Set crankshaft for cylinder 1 to compression TDC → 150502 CHECKING THE TIMING
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Removal of chain tensioner
- Press the bottom chain tensioner together during removal because otherwise it will push out due to spring tensioning. Secure chain tensioner with a tie-wrap in tensioned state .
- Remove chain tensioner → REMOVING CHAIN TENSIONER .
- Remove timing chains → REMOVING TIMING CHAINS
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- 20.1. Remove camshaft controllers → REMOVING CAMSHAFT CONTROLLER .
- Remove camshafts → REMOVING CAMSHAFTS
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- 21.1. Remove timing chain housing
- 21.2. Remove intake camshaft. Loosen the hexagon nuts on the bearing covers alternately and crosswise. Note the sequence in which the bearing covers are removed.
- 21.2.1. Remove bearing covers 1 and 13.
- 21.2.2. Remove bearing covers 3 and 11.
- 21.2.3. Remove bearing cover 7.
- 21.2.4. Remove bearing covers 5 and 9.
- 21.3. Remove outlet camshaft. Loosen the hexagon nuts on the bearing covers alternately and crosswise. Note the sequence in which the bearing covers are removed.
- 21.3.1. Remove bearing covers 2 and 14.
- 21.3.2. Remove bearing covers 4 and 12.
- 21.3.3. Remove bearing cover 8.
- 21.3.4. Remove bearing covers 6 and 10.
- Intake camshaft
- Camshaft bearing cover
- Outlet camshaft
- Hexagon nut on camshaft bearing cover
- Sealing rings (40 x 1.5)
- Timing chain housing
- Oval-head screw on timing chain housing
- Outlet camshaft controller (marking 32 A)
- Intake camshaft controller (marking 24 E)
- Hexagon-head bolts on camshaft controllers
- Cylinder head height (min. height a=139.9 mm)
- Drive gear wheel for high-pressure pump
- Bearing shaft
- Valves
- Dowel sleeve
- Cylinder head
- Pump tappet
- Support element
- Valve stem seal
- Timing chain
- Safety clip
- Rocker arm
- Valve spring
- Valve-spring plate
- Valve collets
- Cheese head bolt → Tightening torque: 8 Nm (6 ftlb.)
- Timing chain housing
- Remove hydraulic tappets → REMOVING HYDRAULIC TAPPETS .
- Remove cylinder head → REMOVING CYLINDER HEAD
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- 23.1. Remove and dispose of cylinder head gasket.
- Remove oil pump → REMOVING OIL PUMP
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Removal of connecting-rod bearing cap :
- Connecting-rod bearing caps must be marked and numbered during removal. Retaining lugs of bearing shells are pressed together. The cast lugs of connecting-rod bearings and connecting-rod big end are identical!
- Remove pistons → REMOVING PISTONS .
- Remove vibration balancer. → REMOVING VIBRATION DAMPER
- Remove joint flange behind the vibration balancer.
- 27.1. Unscrew hexagon-head bolts -3- .
- 27.2. Carefully lever off the joint flange -2-
with a screwdriver.
- Cylinder block
- Vibration balancer joint flange
- Hexagon-head bolt on vibration balancer joint flange
- Straight pin
- Lower timing-case cover
- Fastening screw on lower timing-case cover
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Removal of crankshaft
Before removing the crankshaft, have a suitable tray ready so that the pulse-generating wheel is not damaged as a result of excessive contact.
The engine is secured on the engine support to facilitate assembly work.
When replacing bearing shells, only use bearing shells with the same color coding.
- Remove crankshaft. → REMOVING CRANKSHAFT
- 28.1. Prepare a clean surface for laying down the crankshaft. Make sure not to damage the drive plate for the inductive pickup (speed sender) when laying down the crankshaft.
- 28.2. Remove crankshaft bearing covers -1- and lay them down arranged according to cylinder.
- 28.3. Dispose of thrust washers -4- and crankshaft bearing shells -3- .
- 28.4. Remove the crankshaft and lay it down on the prepared surface.
- 28.5. Remove oil spray nozzles -8-
if necessary.
- Crankshaft bearing covers
- Internal serration screws on crankshaft bearing covers
- Crankshaft bearing shells must always be replaced
- Thrust washer for bearing cover 5 must always be replaced
- Crankshaft
- Drive plate for inductive pickup (speed sender)
- Fastening screw on drive plate for inductive pickup (speed sender)
- Oil spray nozzle