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Removal: Recommendations
Removal: Recommendations
–  Check first whether the vehicle has a coded radio, in which case the anti-theft coding must be checked.
–  The engine is removed forwards, together with the gearbox.
–  With the ignition off, remove the ground strip from the battery.
–  All cable holders that are opened or cut when the engine is removed must be set in the same position when the engine is refitted.
–  Remove the engine protector.
–  Remove the battery.
–  Remove the whole air filter.
–  Separate fuel supply and return lines from the fuel filter.
–  Remove the windscreen washer water tank: → Rep. Gr.92
–  Remove the central soundproofing pan, and also the left and right units: → Bodywork-assembly work; Rep. Gr.50
–  Remove the coolant → Chapter.
–  Extract the connector from the thermal switch connector and from the radiator fan.
–  Remove the heater coolant flexible pipes, cylinder head and radiator from the engine using the band clamp pliers -T20029-.
–  Disconnect the flexible depression and deairing pipes from theengine.
–  Separate all the electrical cables from the gearbox, alternator, compressor and starter motor and leave open.
–  Disconnect all necessary electric cables from the engine and leave to one side.
–  Unscrew and suspend the power steering reserve tank.
–  Remove the gearshift from the gearbox: → Manual 5 speed gearbox 02K; Rep. Gr.34
–  Receiver cylinder (drum) of the hydraulic clutch: Removing: → Manual 5 speed gearbox 02K; Rep. Gr.30
–  Remove the Poly-V belt → Chapter.
–  Remove the vibration pulley/damper from the crankshaft.
–  Remove the rear counterweight from the unit holder.
–  Remove the right articulated half-shaft and separate the left articulated half-shaft from the gearbox → Running gear; Rep. Gr.40
–  Separate the front exhaust pipe from the exhaust manifold → Rep. Gr.26
–  Remove the lock holder plate and the accessory pieces: → Bodywork-assembly work; Rep. Gr.50
Vehicles with air conditioning
–  Note the additional recommendations and the assembly work → Chapter.
Continue for all vehicles
–  Unscrew the fixing clamps for the power steering pressure pipe.
–  Remove the pulley from the power steering pump. To do this, immobilise the pulley with the sounter-suuport -U-40011-.
–  Remove the bolts fixing the fin pump for the power steering and fix with wire to the engine support or unit carrier; the flexible pipes are connected → Running gear; Rep. Gr.48
   
–  Connect the support device -U-30034- and raise gently with the workshop hoist.
–  Release the bolts fixing the engine unit to the gearbox and engine supports.
  Note!
Great care should be taken not to damage the bodywork when turning the engine unit on removal from the vehicle.
To carry out assembly work, the engine should be fixed to the assembly carriage, using the -AR-2204A- engine support with the clamps -T20082-.
  E10-0036

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