When carrying out this operation, it is necessary to secure the car on a lift with a strap to prevent the car from being unbalanced.
Remove:
- battery;
- front wheels;
- protection of the engine tray;
- right and left fender liner and side guards.
Drain:
- refrigerant from the refrigeration circuit of the air conditioner using a charging station;
- coolant by disconnecting the outlet hose from the radiator;
- oil from the gearbox and engine, if necessary.
Work carried out on the right side of the vehicle
Remove:
- floating brake caliper and hang it from the suspension spring;
- ABS wheel speed sensor;
- ball joint pin sprinkling nut (use, if necessary, a hex wrench cut to size X=22 mm;
Remove:
- the nut of the upper mount of the anti-roll bar and loosen the nut of the lower mount of the strut;
- two flange bolts fastening the drive shaft to the intermediate support (F9Q and L7X engines);
- tie rod ball joint, using tool T.Av. 476;
- bolts for attaching the telescopic strut to the steering knuckle.
Disconnect the drive shaft, then remove the hub assembly with the drive shaft.
Work performed on the left side of the vehicle
Remove:
- floating brake caliper and hang it from the suspension spring;
- ABS wheel speed sensor;
- nut of fastening of a finger of the ball joint of the suspension arm (if necessary, use a hex wrench cut to size X=22mm to block the ball joint);
- the nut of the upper mount of the anti-roll bar and loosen the nut of the lower mount of the strut;
- tie rod ball joint with tool T. Av. 476;
- bolts of fastening of a corrugated cover of a power shaft (on vehicles with manual transmission);
- bolts for attaching the telescopic strut to the steering knuckle.
Disconnect the drive shaft, then remove the hub assembly with the drive shaft.
Disconnect the fog lamp connector at point 1.
Remove;
- radiator lining and bumper;
- the relay box by depressing the latches 2 and disconnect the fuse holders at points 3;
- shelf for the battery by unscrewing the bolts 4.
To do this, drill three non-removable bolts using a 5 mm drill along the axis of the bolt. Then remove the bolts using tool Mot. 1372.
Remove the filler neck of the windshield washer reservoir.
Disconnect the power steering reservoir and remove its holder.
Disconnect the wire harness from the top cross member.
Disconnect headlight and hood switch connectors (if he is).
Remove;
- two upper bumper rails A, then detach the holder B of each headlight;
- three mounting bolts 2 for each headlight;
- both headlights.
Remove the top cross member by removing the hood latch cable.
Remove:
- mounting bolt 5 of the injection computer, as well as mounting bolt 6;
- disconnect connectors 7;
- fastening nuts «massive» tires 8, then remove the computer mounting bracket 9;
- intake muffler assembly (K4M-F4P engines) or air filter housing (F9Q-L7X engines) and air intake pipe;
- radiator lower mounting bolts and inlet hose,
- disconnect the connectors on the group of electric fans of the cooling system and the condenser;
- bolts for fastening pipelines of the air conditioning system to the compressor and receiver-drier.
Note. Be sure to plug the openings of pipelines and compressors to prevent moisture from entering the system.
Remove the radiator assembly with condenser.
F4P, K4M, L7X engines
Disconnect:
- a block of wires and a hose from the absorber purge solenoid valve;
- fuel line in the upper link area of the engine bracket.
F9Q engine
Disconnect the fuel lines at points 3 and the block of wires from the diesel fuel filter, disconnect them, then take them aside.
Engines of all models
Disconnect:
- hose for selection of rarefaction of the vacuum brake booster;
- hoses from the expansion tank;
- heater hoses of the thermostat housing located on the coolant outlet pipe from the cylinder head.
Features of vehicles with automatic transmission
Disconnect:
- ball head 1 multifunction switch cable;
- cable 2 of the multifunction switch by releasing the cable sheath stopper.
Note. But move the orange ring during this operation. The ring may break during removal or installation. If this happens, but replace the drive cable. so-called the absence of this part does not impair the operation of the system.
Features of cars with a manual gearbox
Remove:
- the clutch slave cylinder by disconnecting the holders C;
- gearshift linkage or shift and selector cables.
Engines of all models
Remove fixing bolt 3 and loosen bolt 4.
Remove:
- return hose of the power steering reservoir, pre-draining the fluid;
- power steering pipes on the steering gear;
- oxygen sensor wiring harness, then disconnect the wiring harness (K4M-F4P engines);
- fastenings of a reception pipe of system of release of the fulfilled gases, (K4M, F4P, F9Q engines);
- sprinkling of the cooler of the hydraulic power steering system from the lower cross member;
- spars 1 and crossbar 2.
L7X engine
Remove:
- intake manifold mounts
- intake manifold by moving it to the battery;
- catalytic converter flange and pre-catalytic converter mounting nuts by inserting a tool through the subframe (use a socket wrench with a long head), then attach the catalytic converters A to the body.
Remove:
- pads of wires of 3 oxygen sensors;
- nuts of fastening studs 4 of the preliminary catalytic converter.
Remove the sprinkling bolt 5, then remove the pre-catalytic converter.
Remove the wire blocks 6 of the oxygen sensors, the nuts of the pre-catalytic converter fastening studs 7 and the strut 8.
Install a shop crane.
Raise the engine and transmission assembly with a hoist.
Remove nut 3 and use a bronze drift to knock out the sprinkling pin.
Remove:
- acoustic mass 4;
- tie rod mounting bolts 5, then remove the pendulum suspension support assembly - stroke limiter.
Remove the lower cross member A.
Note. The crossbar is a stiffening element of the engine compartment. Therefore, before doing any work on the cross member, be sure to jack up the engine.
Using a workshop crane, remove the engine assembly with gearbox.
Attention! Reinstall the lower cross member after removing the engine assembly with the gearbox.