Preliminary Work
WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.
- Disconnect the battery.
- Move bonnet into service position.
- Remove engine cover [design cover).
- Remove air cleaner housing.
- Remove torque support.
- Disconnect pressure hose at the throttle housing.
- Remove DME control unit.
- Remove front strut.
- Remove cowl panel cover.
- Remove filler neck from the washer-fluid reservoir.
- Remove front wheels.
- Remove front wheel housing liners.
- Loosen front brake callipers and hang them at a suitable position.
- Only for vehicles with PCCB brakes:
Remove front PCCB brake discs.
- Drain coolant.
- Remove rear cardan shaft.
- Remove front underbody cover.
- Disconnect pressure hose on charge-air cooler.
- Remove air-conditioning compressor.
- Disconnect ATF cooling line at the connection point.
- Loosen locking cable on transmission side.
- Only if the double clutch transmission must be removed:
Remove power-steering gear.