Removing
Place the car on a two post lift.
Remove the engine top covers.
Remove the battery cover.
Disconnect the wires from the battery terminals, starting with the negative terminal.
Remove the engine undertray.
Drain the gearbox oil.
Disconnect wiring harnesses:
- from the storage battery;
- from the shelf under the battery;
- from the injection computer (pic. 3.140).
Pic. 3.140. Disconnecting harnesses: 1 - battery harnesses; 2 - harnesses from the shelf for the battery; 3 - ECU harnesses
Remove the battery, ECU and battery tray.
Pic. 3.141. Removing the side reinforcement: 1 - wiring harnesses of the side amplifier; 2 - fastening bolts
Disconnect the wiring harness from the side amplifier, unscrew the mounting bolts and remove the side amplifier (pic. 3.141).
Pic. 3.142. Removing the hydraulic distributor cover fasteners: 1 - fastening bolts
Loosen the four bolts securing the hydraulic distributor cover (be careful: oil may leak) (pic. 3.142).
Pic. 3.143. Bolts of fastening of the hydrodistributor
Turn out seven bolts of fastening of the hydrodistributor (pic. 3.143).
Disconnect the solenoid valve connectors.
Replace hydraulic distributor.
Pic. 3.144. Alignment of the valve with bolts
Installation
Establish the hydrodistributor, preliminary having centered it by means of bolts 4 and 5 shown in drawing 3.144.
Screw in the remaining bolts.
Tighten in the order shown in figure 3.144 with the required moment (7.5 Nm) hydraulic distributor mounting bolts.