1.2 Engine and Transmission, Separating

Vehicles without Auxiliary Heater – Lift the clamps -arrows-, remove the coolant hoses from the heater heat exchanger. – Hold the coolant hoses downward and drain the coolant.

Vehicles with Parking Heater – Loosen the hose clamp -1-, lift the clamps -arrows- and re‐move the coolant hoses.

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– Remove the connectors -1 and 2- from the holder and discon‐nect them. Then free up the electric wires. – Remove the bolt -2- and the screw-type clamp. – Remove the nuts -1 and 3-.

Note

♦ The installed position is shown in the illustration with the en‐gine removed. ♦ Ignore -4-.

CAUTION

Fuel system is under pressure. Risk of injury from fuel spraying out. – Wear protective eyewear. – Wear safety gloves. – Reduce the pressure: Lay clean cloths around the connec‐tion location and carefully open the connection point.

– Disconnect the hose couplings -1 and 2-. Refer to ⇒ Fuel

Supply System; Rep. Gr. 20 ; Connector Couplings; Connec‐tor Couplings, Separating . Loosen the hose clamp from the expansion tank -3-.

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– Lift the clamp -arrow- and remove the upper left coolant hose from the radiator.

Note

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– Open the retainers with a screwdriver in direction of -arrow-, remove the cover -1- for the engine compartment E-box up‐ward.

– Remove the nut -arrow-, disconnect and free up the wires.

Vehicles with a Manual Transmission

– Disconnect the connector -2-.

– Push back the B+ terminal protector -1- and disconnect the B + wire from the starter solenoid switch.

– Remove the nut -3- and remove the ground wire.

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