Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing Requirements l  Engine temperature should not exceed 35°C, because the cylinder head could be twisted when slackening the screws. l  The pistons must not be in TDC. –  Switch off ignition and withdraw ignition key. –  Remove engine cover → Chapter. –  Remove air filter, charge air pipes and charge air hoses → Chapter. t  Engine identification characters BJB, BKC, BXE → Chapter. t  Engine identification characters BLS → Chapter. –  Remove the middle sound dampening system → Body Work; Rep. Gr.50. –  Position drip tray e.g. -VAS 6208 - under the engine.   WARNING Hot steam or hot coolant may escape when the compensation bottle is opened. Cover the cap with a cloth and open carefully. –  Drain coolant → Chapter.

–  Remove coolant hose between engine and radiator -arrows-. –  Use hand vacuum pump to extract the fuel at the return-flow hose of the tandem pump → Chapter.

–  Detach the fuel intake hose -2- and the fuel return hose -1- from the fuel lines. –  Remove coolant hose -3-. For engine with identification characters BJB, BKC, BXE –  Remove pre-exhaust pipe → Chapter, → Chapter.

–  Release screws -1- and -2- and remove bracket for turbocharger.   Note Collect any engine oil which flows out with a cloth. –  Remove the oil return line -3- at the cylinder block. –  Unscrew oil feed line from turbocharger, exhaust manifold and from coolant pipe and lay it to one side. For engine with engine code BLS –  Remove the air guide pipe between the exhaust turbocharger and the charge air cooler → Chapter. For vehicles with auxiliary heating –  Disconnect the fuel feed line. For engine with engine code BLS –  Remove pre-exhaust pipe with diesel particle filter → Chapter, → Chapter.   Note On four-wheel drive vehicles the pre-exhaust pipe with diesel particle filter can remain in the engine compartment and the angle gearbox must not be removed.

–  Disconnect plug connection at changeover valve for radiator of exhaust gas recirculation -N345--arrow-.

–  Detach vacuum hose -2- from vacuum setting element for charge pressure control. –  Disconnect vacuum hose -3- at the cable for vacuum setting element of the recirculation flap for exhaust gas recirculation. –  Disconnect vacuum line at the tandem pump. –  Slacken changeover valve for radiator of exhaust gas recirculation -N345- at bracket. –  Lay changeover valve for radiator of exhaust gas recirculation -N345- with connected hoses to the side. –  Detach oil intake hose -1- from exhaust turbocharger. –  Remove oil feed pipe.

–  Pull the vacuum hose -arrow- off the brake servo unit.

–  Remove coolant hose -arrow- at coolant connection fitting. –  Disconnect the plug from the coolant temperature sender -G62- and detach the electrical wiring –  Unscrew the fixing screws for oil dipstick guide tube, pull out oil dipstick guide tube to the top out of the cylinder block.

–  Disconnect coolant hose -1- at exhaust gas recirculation radiator. –  Remove connection pipe for exhaust gas recirculation radiator -arrows-.

For four-wheel drive vehicles with engine identification characters BLS –  Unscrew screw for right flange shaft -arrow 1-. –  Remove right flange shaft → Gearbox; Rep. Gr.39.

–  Release screws -1-, screw -2- and the hollow screw -3-. –  Remove support for exhaust turbocharger with oil return line.

–  Unscrew screws out of the flange between the radiator for exhaust gas recirculation and the intake mainfold -arrows-. For vehicles with auxiliary heating –  Remove exhaust pipe of auxiliary heating (only for vehicles with extended exhaust pipe) → Heating, Air Conditioning; Rep. Gr.82. –  Remove coolant pipe to auxiliary heating with connected coolant hoses at cylinder block. For all vehicles –  Removing toothed belt → Chapter. –  Remove camshaft sprocket and hub → Chapter.

–  Remove toothed belt tensioning pulley. –  Screw out screw -3- and remove Hall sender -G40- from cylinder head. –  Disconnect all remaining plug connections at cylinder head and lay aside the electrical lines. –  Separate all remaining coolant, charge air and vacuum hoses and pipes from the cylinder. –  Release screws -2...4-. Except vehicles manufactured during the period of time from 05.05 to 05.07

–  Install -T10014- bracket. Tighten screw for bracket to 20 Nm. –  Support engine from underneath. –  Offset hook -MP9-200/10 (10-222A/10) - for supporting device -T30099- from the right lifting eye of the engine into the lug of the bracket -T10014- and preload engine via the spindle, do not lift. For all vehicles –  Remove cylinder head cover → Chapter.

–  Follow the specified order for loosening cylinder head bolts. –  Carefully raise cylinder head with lifting device -MP9-201 (2024 A)- and workshop crane -VAS 6100-.