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Replace radiator (without air conditioning) > < Replace intercooler

Radiator, Replace (Z 20 LEH)

  Remove

1.   Open bonnet
2.   Disconnect battery
•   Detach ground connection from ground terminal
Slacken nut
3.   Remove radiator grille (2)
•   Remove 4x body-bound rivets (1)
•   Unclip from front panelling from above
Unclip 5x clips
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4.   Secure radiator to upper brackets (1)
•   Insert 2x suitable tools
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5.   Raise vehicle by half its height
6.   Detach front panelling (3)
•   Remove 5x body-bound rivets (2)
•   Unclip 4x clips (1)
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7.   Place collecting basin underneath.
8.   Detach high-pressure headlamp cleaning system hose from reservoir (2)
•   Undo quick-release fitting (1)
Note:   Escaping fluid
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9.   Remove front panelling
•   Second man
Note:   Push front panelling upwards at side and pull out of bracket
•   Detach front panelling from bracket
Unclip 4x clips (1)
•   Unclip outside temperature sensor
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10.   Raise vehicle by half its height
11.   Place collecting basin underneath.
12.   Drain coolant
•   Open drain bolt on radiator (1)
•   Collect coolant
•   Close drain bolt
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13.   Detach fan wiring harness from fan housing
•   Disconnect wiring harness plug (1)
•   Undo cable tie
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14.   Remove bracket, right side of radiator (2)
•   Unscrew 2x bolts
15.   Remove bracket, left side of radiator (1)
•   Unscrew 2x bolts
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16.   Lower vehicle by its full height
17.   Detach charge air hose, turbocharger (1) from intercooler
•   Release clamp (2)
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18.   Remove charge air hose, intercooler to charge air pipe
•   Release 2x clamps (1,2)
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19.   Detach coolant return hose, coolant expansion tank (1) from radiator
•   Release clamp (2)
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20.   Detach fan housing from radiator and intercooler
•   Unscrew 2x bolts (1)
•   Unclick fan housing from intercooler
Unclip clip (2)
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21.   Remove fan housing
22.   Detach upper radiator hose from radiator
•   Release clamp
23.   Raise vehicle by its full height
24.   Detach lower radiator hose from radiator
•   Release clamp
25.   Detach air conditioning wiring harness from radiator
•   Undo cable tie (1)
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26.   Detach compressor wiring harness from radiator
•   Remove clip
27.   Lower vehicle by half its height
28.   Suspend condenser from upper air baffle
•   Use 2x strap
29.   Detach intercooler and condenser from radiator
•   Unscrew 4x bolts
30.   Remove 2x radiator retainers from bracket
31.   Lower radiator down and out
Note:   Avoid damaging the radiator fins

  Install

32.   Install radiator from below
Note:   Avoid damaging the radiator fins
•   Insert 2x radiator retainers in bracket
33.   Attach radiator to intercooler with condenser
Important:   Insert bolt with screw locking compound
•   Tighten 4x bolt 5 Nm
34.   Detach condenser from closure plate
35.   Attach air conditioning wiring harness to radiator
•   Connect cable ties
36.   Attach lower radiator hose to radiator
•   Fasten clamp
37.   Install left radiator bracket
•   Tighten 2x bolt 15 Nm
38.   Install right radiator bracket
•   Tighten 2x bolt 15 Nm
39.   Attach fan wiring harness to fan housing
•   Connect cable ties
•   Fix wiring harness plug
40.   Lower vehicle by its full height
41.   Attach upper radiator hose to radiator
•   Fasten clamp
42.   Insert fan housing
•   Clip coolant hose into bracket
43.   Attach fan housing to radiator
•   Tighten 2x bolts
•   Attach clip
44.   Attach coolant return hose, coolant expansion tank to radiator
•   Fasten clamp
45.   Attach charge air hose, turbocharger to intercooler
•   Fasten clamp
46.   Fit charge air hose between charge air pipe and intercooler
•   Tighten 2x clamps 3.5 Nm
47.   Raise vehicle by its full height
48.   Insert front panelling
•   Second man
Note:   Slide side front panelling into bracket
•   Attach front panelling to bracket
Clip in 4x clips
•   Clip in outside temperature sensor
49.   Attach high-pressure headlamp cleaning hose to reservoir
•   Connect quick release fitting
50.   Fit front panelling
•   Install 5x body-bound rivets
•   Screw in 4x bolts
51.   Lower vehicle by half its height
52.   Remove 2x radiator retainers from bracket
53.   Install radiator grille
•   Clip into front panelling from below
Clip in 5x clips
•   Install 4x body-bound rivets
54.   Connect battery
•   Attach ground connection to ground terminal
Tighten nut
55.   Fill and bleed cooling system LUREF_1.gif
56.   Programme transient memory
57.   Close bonnet

Replace radiator (without air conditioning) > < Replace intercooler