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Servo brake vacuum pump (diesel vehicles) - remove and install > < Brake system, only vehicles with ABS/EDS/ASR - bleed when the reservoir has been emptied
Assembly overview: Brake cylinder/servo brake
Assembly overview: Brake cylinder/servo brake
The brake cylinder and the servo brake can be independently replaced.
  WARNING
Always replace self-locking nuts and screws subject to angular torque
   
1 - Servo brake
q   On gasoline engines, the vacuum required is removed from the intake manifold.
q   On diesel engines, a vacuum pump is installed to create vacuum.
q   Check the operation
q   Press the brake pedal several times with the engine stopped (this eliminates any remaining vacuum inside the device).
q   Now, hold the brake pedal in the braking position using average foot pressure and start the engine. When the servo brake is working properly, this can be felt with a foot on the brake pedal (the amplification is active).
q   in case of faults, replace completely
q   Check valve (in the vacuum hose). Check the operation → Chapter
q   separate from the brake pedal → Chapter
q   remove and install → Chapter
2 - Brake oil level warning contact -F34-
3 - Plug
4 - Brake fluid reservoir
5 - Sealing plug
q   moisten with brake fluid and introduce into the brake cylinder
6 - Self-locking hex head nut
q   replace
q   20 Nm
7 - Brake cylinder
q   cannot be repaired. In case of faults, replace completely
8 - Retaining pin
q   insert through the brake cylinder
9 - Seal
q   replace
10 - Plug
11 - Vacuum hose
q   install in the servo brake
12 - Bellows
q   ensure proper seating, aspiration noises may occur
13 - Self-locking hex head nut
q   replace
q   28 Nm
14 - Sealing
q   to servo brake

   

Servo brake vacuum pump (diesel vehicles) - remove and install > < Brake system, only vehicles with ABS/EDS/ASR - bleed when the reservoir has been emptied