Charge Air Cooler, Removing And Installing: Removing

WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.

CAUTION:

Extremely dangerous due to high-voltage.

Electrocution can cause death or very serious personal injury.

- Have the high-voltage system de-energized by a qualified person.

-- Remove the fan shroud. Refer to FAN SHROUD, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the Electrical A/C Compressor -V470-. Refer to A/C COMPRESSOR .

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-- Place the :VAS6208 underneath.

-- Clamp off the coolant hoses on the charge air cooler using the :3094 .

-- Remove the coolant pipes.

-- Open the clamp -1- and push the hose -arrow- to the side.

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-- Loosen the hose clamps -1- and remove the coolant hoses.

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-- Remove the bolts -arrows-.

-- Pull the charge air cooler -1- forward and at the same time in direction of -arrow- out of the intake manifold.

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