Removing
- disconnect the negative cable from the battery;
- apply the parking brake, raise the front of the vehicle and place stands under the body;
- remove the protective cover under the engine;
- drain the engine oil from the engine, then install the drain plug;
- remove the front wheels and remove the protective plastic shield from the right wheel arch;
- set the steering wheel to the straight ahead position and secure it against possible turns;
- slide the protective cover on the steering shaft and unscrew the bolt securing the intermediate shaft of the steering column (see section «Steering»);
- Disconnect lower control arm pivots from steering knuckles (see section «Chassis»);
- disconnect from the steering knuckles and remove the tie rod ends as described in section «Steering»;
- disconnect the front suspension subframe ties from the body and the gear lever linkage from the gearbox (on engines with automatic transmission, disconnect the selector cable);
- unscrew the lower fastening of the front bumper;
- loosen the bolts securing the rear engine mount to the body;
Figure 3.11. Removing the subframe reinforcement (arrow)
- unscrew the bolts of the subframe reinforcements (see Figure 3.11);
- Disconnect the front suspension arms from the subframe as described in section «Chassis»;
Figure 3.47. Lowering the engine subframe with tie rods
- unscrewing one by one the bolts of the subframe to the body, replace them alternately with pre-prepared racks with threaded threads and nuts. The subframe must be lowered by the dimension X=130 mm in the area of the front support and by the dimension X=90 mm in the area of the rear support (Figure 3.47), to remove the engine sump. At the same time, disconnect the steering gear shaft from the intermediate steering shaft;
- make sure that the mating parts and assemblies do not interfere with the removal of the pallet, and unscrew the bolts of its fastening to the cylinder block;
- carefully hitting the pan with a plastic hammer, disconnect it from the gasket and remove it from the engine, keeping the semicircular gaskets.