Air conditioning
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- 800 Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1996–1999
- Section
- Repairs › Air conditioning
Engine - dieselAir conditioning
- Fit centre beam and tighten bolts to 45 Nm.
- Position steady bar and bracket assembly, fit and tighten bolts securing bracket to front crossmember and centre beam to 45 Nm.
- Align steady bar to bracket, fit bolt and tighten to 45 Nm.
- Align PAS pipes to centre beam and tighten bolts.
- Fit expansion tank and tighten securing bolts.
- Connect bleed hose to expansion tank.
- Connect coolant level sensor multiplug.
- Connect engine harness multiplugs and secure multiplugs to bracket at RH side of engine bay.
- Connect hoses to coolant pipe at rear of engine and tighten clip screws.
- Position exhaust front pipe heat shield and tighten bolts.
- Connect brake servo hose to engine.
- Connect heater hose to thermostat housing and tighten clip screw.
- Fit clip to expansion tank hose and connect hose to coolant manifold.
- Connect bottom hose to radiator and secure clip.
Air conditioning
- Position jockey pulley bracket. Fit and tighten bolts securing bracket to engine and injection pump support bracket.
- Fit and tighten bolts jockey pulley bracket to compressor bracket.
- Position PAS pump support bracket, fit and tighten Allen screws.
- Fit and tighten bolts securing vacuum pipe to PAS pump bracket and coolant pump.
All models
- Untie PAS pump align pump to support bracket, fit and tighten bolts to 8 Nm.
- Secure PAS reservoir to mounting its mounting bracket.
- Clean PAS pump pulley and mating face, fit pulley and tighten bolts to 26 Nm.
- Fit ancillary drive belt shield and tighten bolts.
Air conditioning
- Tighten bolt securing air conditioning pipe clip to ancillary drive belt shield.
All models
- Connect throttle position sensor multiplug.
- Position gear selector inner cables through support bracket and connect them to to their respective levers.
- Locate gear selector outer cables to bracket and secure with clips.
- Connect vacuum hose to EGR valve.
- Remove plugs and connect fuel hoses.
- Fit turbocharger heat shield and tighten securing bolts.
- Position engine earth lead and tighten bolt.
- Position main battery feed lead to battery terminal.
- Locate battery feed lead to fuse box, fit and tighten Torx screw.
- Fit access panel, main fuse cover and fuse box cover.
- Connect engine harness multiplugs at LH side of engine.
- Fit air cleaner support bracket and tighten securing bolts.
- Fit battery tray and tighten securing bolts.
- Fit ECM, tighten bolts and connect multiplug.
- Clean fuel heater switch and fit new sealing washer. Fit switch and connect lucars.
- Fit RH underbelly panel. See BODY, Repairs.
- Fit alternator. See ELECTRICAL, Repairs.
- Fit road wheel(s) and tighten nuts to correct torque. See INFORMATION, Torque wrench settings.
- Release bonnet and secure stays to support bonnet.
- Fill gearbox with correct quantity and grade of oil. See MANUAL GEARBOX - ’T750’, Adjustments.
- Fill engine with correct quantity and grade of oil. See Adjustments.
- Fill cooling system. See COOLING SYSTEM - DIESEL, Adjustments.
Parts & tools for this job For 1996 Rover 800
- TOOLA/C manifold gauge setSearch: AC manifold gauge set
- TOOLUV leak detection kitSearch: AC UV leak detection kit
- PARTCabin filterSearch: Rover 800 1996 cabin filter
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