Removal/refitting

REMOVAL/REFITTING

• Set the car on a lift.
• Disconnect the battery (-) terminal.
• Empty the tank by siphoning off the fuel through the filler neck using a special pump.
• Remove the right rear wheel.

1. Working in the luggage compartment tip back the covering and remove the pump access cover and fuel level meter.
2. Disconnect the two electrical connections from the pump-fuel level meter assembly.
3. Unscrew the nut on the safety plate and disconnect the connections from the fuel delivery and return hoses.
4. Unscrew the nut and disconnect the air breather hose connecting the lower and upper parts of the tank.

• Raise the car.

1. Working from the wheel arch, slacken the two screws fastening the filler neck.

1. Disconnect the handbrake cables and rear brake cables from their fastenings on the fuel tank.
2. Position a hydraulic jack under the tank.
3. Remove the plastic buttons and slacken the fuel tank fastening screws.

1. Lower the fuel tank using the hydraulic jack just enough to disconnect the fuel vapour breather valve from the multi-purpose valve.

• Completely lower the hydraulic jack and remove the fuel tank.