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VW Tiguan 4-cyl. Direct Injection Engine (1.8l and 2.0l, EA 888 gen III) ➜ Removing engine and installing engine

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10 – Removing and installing engine  
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Removing and installing engine  
⇒ e1.2 ngine and gearbox”, page 30  
⇒ e1.3 ngine on engine and gearbox support”, page 40  
⇒ e1.4 ngine”, page 43  
1.1  
Removing engine  
Special tools and workshop equipment required  
♦ Engine and gearbox jack -VAS 6931-  
♦ Engine support -T10359 A-  
♦ Pin -T10359/2-  
♦ Adapter -T10359/3-  
♦ Securing element from gearbox support -3282-  
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♦ Release lever -80 - 200-  
♦ Safety glasses  
♦ Safety gloves  
♦ Stepladder  
Note  
The engine is removed downwards with gearbox. To do this, the  
subframe needs to be removed.  
Sequence of operations  
CAUTION  
The cooling system could be under pressure. Hot steam/hot  
coolant can escape - risk of scalding.  
Skin and other parts of the body may be scalded.  
– Wear protective gloves.  
– Wear protective goggles.  
– Reduce excess pressure by covering cap of coolant ex‐  
pansion tank with suitable cloth and opening it carefully.  
– Open cap -arrow- for coolant expansion tank.  
– Remove subframe without steering rack ⇒ Running gear,  
axles, steering; Rep. gr. 40; Subframe; Removing and instal‐  
ling subframe without steering rack.  
– Remove front parts of left and right front wheel housing lin‐  
ers ⇒ General body repairs, exterior; Rep. gr. 66; Wheel  
housing liner; Assembly overview - front wheel housing liner.  
– Disconnect electrical connector -1-.  
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– Place drip tray for workshop hoist -VAS 6208- underneath.  
– Lift retaining clip -3-, disconnect coolant hose (bottom right)  
from radiator and drain off coolant.  
– Remove engine cover panel ⇒ page 81 .  
– Remove air filter housing ⇒ page 443 .  
– Unscrew bolt -arrow- on left and right.  
– Unclip lower part of air duct -1- and remove it.  
– Disconnect battery ⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 27; Battery;  
Disconnecting and connecting battery.  
– Battery in engine compartment: Remove battery tray -1-  
⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 27; Battery; Removing and  
installing battery tray.  
– Battery in luggage compartment: remove mounting for air  
filter housing.  
– Separate vacuum hose -2-.  
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– Press release tabs on vacuum hose -1-, and remove hose  
from vacuum pump.  
Vehicles without seat heating:  
– Lift retaining clips -arrows- and disconnect coolant hoses  
from heat exchanger for heater.  
– Hold coolant hoses downwards to allow coolant to drain.  
Vehicles with auxiliary heater:  
– Release hose clip -1-, lift retaining clips -arrows-, and dis‐  
connect coolant hoses.  
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Continued for all vehicles:  
– Detach electrical connectors -1, 2- from bracket, unplug con‐  
nectors and move electrical wiring clear.  
– Loosen clamp -1- for catalytic converter -2-, and push clamp  
onto turbocharger.  
CAUTION  
The fuel system is pressurised.  
Danger of injury through fuel spray.  
– Wear protective goggles.  
– Wear protective gloves.  
– To release pressure, wrap a clean cloth around the con‐  
nection and carefully loosen the connection.  
– Disconnect hose couplings -1- and -2- ⇒ Rep. gr. 20; Plug-in  
connectors; Disconnecting plug-in connectors. Detach hoses  
from coolant expansion tank -3-.  
– If fitted, unscrew bolt -arrow-.  
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– Release hose clips -1, 2-, and remove coolant hoses.  
– Lift retaining clip -arrow- and disconnect coolant hose (top  
left) from radiator.  
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Note  
For the work steps below, use removal lever -80 - 200- to unclip  
the binding clips.  
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– Separate connector -1- on engine control unit -J623- ⇒ page  
473 .  
– Remove connectors -2, 3- from retainer and disconnect  
them.  
– Move electrical lines free.  
– Release catches -arrows- and detach cover -1- for electron‐  
ics box in engine compartment.  
– Release catch using a screwdriver -arrow- and detach cover  
-1- for electronics box in engine compartment upwards.  
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– Remove nut -arrow-, detach electrical wiring and move clear.  
Sharan:  
– Release and pull off connector on engine control unit -J623-  
⇒ page 473 .  
– Open cable duct latches on longitudinal member -arrows-.  
– Release and disconnect connectors -1- and -2-.  
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– Open locking elements -arrows- of cable guide, and place  
engine wiring harness -3- on engine.  
– Move electrical lines free.  
– Secure cables to engine using a cable tie.  
– Release fasteners -1- in -direction of arrow-, and remove  
cover -2- for electronics box in engine compartment.  
– Remove nut -arrow-, detach electrical wiring and move clear.  
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Vehicles with manual gearbox:  
– Disconnect electrical connector -2-.  
– Push back cover for battery positive terminal -1-, and unbolt  
battery positive cable from starter solenoid switch.  
– Unscrew nut -3- and remove earth wire.  
Note  
Depending on vehicle version, the earth wire is secured to the  
starter bolt.  
– Disconnect electrical connections at front left of gearbox.  
1 - For gearbox neutral position sender -G701-  
2 - For reversing light switch -F4-  
– Disconnect gear selector cable and gate selector cable from  
gearbox. Then, unbolt cable support bracket, and lay it to  
one side together with cables ⇒ Rep. gr. 34; Selector mech‐  
anism; Removing and installing selector mechanism.  
– Clamp off pipe/hose line -A- leading to slave cylinder using  
hose clamp -3094-.  
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– Pull out clip -arrow- for pipe/hose line to stop.  
– Pull pipe/hose line out of slave cylinder breather.  
Vehicles with dual clutch gearbox:  
– Disconnect electrical connector -1-.  
– Push back cover for battery positive terminal -3-, and unbolt  
battery positive cable from starter solenoid switch.  
– Loosen nut -arrow-, and remove earth wire.  
Note  
Depending on vehicle version, the earth wire is secured to the  
starter bolt.  
– Touch earth connection (without gloves) in order to dis‐  
charge yourself.  
– Do not touch contacts in the gearbox connector with hands.  
– Separate connector -2- for mechatronic unit for dual clutch  
gearbox -J743-. To do this, turn rotary fastener in anti-clock‐  
wise direction.  
– Disconnect selector lever cable from gearbox, and pull it out  
of cable support bracket ⇒ Rep. gr. 34; Selector mechanism;  
Removing and installing selector mechanism.  
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Vehicles with automatic gearbox:  
– Using e. g. open-end spanner, lever selector lever cable -1-  
off gearbox selector lever -2-.  
– Pull connector -6- off multifunction switch -F125- and lay  
electrical wiring on bracket aside.  
– Unscrew bolts -5- from cable support bracket -4-. Do not  
detach securing clip -3-.  
– Unhook selector lever cable -1- from securing clip -arrow-.  
Note  
Do not bend or kink selector lever cable.  
To ensure that the cable is not a hindrance when removing  
and installing the gearbox, raise the cable to a suitable posi‐  
tion on the body and tie using e.g. cable ties.  
– Detach electrical connector from gearbox as follows. Push  
locking mechanism -1- in direction of arrow, fold out bar -2-,  
and pull connector -3- off gearbox.  
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– Separate electrical connectors from starter ⇒ Electrical sys‐  
tem; Rep. gr. 27; Starter; Removing and installing starter.  
Continued for all:  
– Loosen bolts -arrows- for gearbox mounting approx. 2 turns.  
– Loosen bolts -arrows- for engine mounting approx. 2 turns.  
– Loosen hose clips -arrows-, and remove charge air hose -A-.  
– Separate connector -1- for radiator fan. To do this, push re‐  
taining clip in direction of arrow -A-, and press down release  
catch.  
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– Simultaneously press locking tabs -B- on left and right of ra‐  
diator cowl. Detach radiator cowl, and remove it downwards  
from radiator.  
– Release hose clip -1- and -2- and remove right charge air  
hose.  
– Seal open lines and connections with clean plugs from en‐  
gine bung set -VAS 6122-.  
– Cover radiator using protective mat -VAS 531003-.  
– Free off coolant hose -3-.  
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– Unscrew bolts -arrows-.  
– Release hose clip -2-.  
– Separate electrical connector -1- from charge pressure  
sender -G31-.  
– Remove air pipe.  
Vehicles with auxiliary heater:  
– Loosen clamp -1-, unscrew bolt -2-, and remove silencer for  
auxiliary heater.  
Continued for all vehicles:  
– Before removing the poly V-belt, use a piece of chalk or a  
felt pen to mark the running direction.  
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– To relieve tension on poly V-belt, swivel tensioning device in  
clockwise direction -arrow-.  
– Remove poly V-belt from poly V-belt pulley of air conditioner  
compressor and release tensioning device. Remove locking  
pin -T10060 A- if necessary.  
CAUTION  
Risk of freezing injury caused by refrigerant.  
– Do not open refrigerant circuit of air conditioning system.  
– Separate connector -1- on air conditioning compressor regu‐  
lating valve -N280-.  
– Unscrew bolts -arrows-.  
– Detach air conditioner compressor from bracket (refrigerant  
hoses remain connected) and tie up to right side. Do NOT  
stretch, kink or bend refrigerant lines and hoses while doing  
so.  
– Unbolt drive shafts from flange shafts on left and right  
⇒ Running gear, axles, steering; Rep. gr. 40; Drive shaft;  
Removing and installing drive shaft.  
– Tie up drive shafts to rear.  
Note  
Take care not to damage the surface protection of drive shaft.  
– If fitted, release electrical connector for auxiliary hydraulic  
pump 1 for gearbox oil -V475- -a-, and pull off connector -b-.  
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Vehicles with front differential lock  
– Disconnect electrical connector -arrow- of axle differential  
lock control unit -J647-.  
Vehicles with all-wheel drive:  
– Unscrew bolts -A- and -B- from bevel box and remove heat  
shield -1-.  
– Mark position of propshaft with flexible coupling relative to  
output shaft of bevel box -arrows-.  
– Unbolt propshaft from bevel box -arrows- ⇒ Rep. gr. 39;  
Propshaft; Removing and installing propshaft.  
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– If necessary, counterhold at rear final drive when loosening  
or tightening propshaft.  
– Secure support -T10323- with a bolt on inside rear threaded  
hole for subframe.  
– A securing bolt from the subframe is suitable for this.  
– Place cloth -A- on support and lay propshaft on that.  
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Continued for all vehicles:  
– Unscrew nuts -2-.  
– Loosen clamp -arrow-, and push it to rear.  
– Detach catalytic converter with front exhaust pipe.  
– Remove bolt -arrow- and push bracket for electrical wiring  
harness to one side.  
– Secure adapter -T10359/3- to engine support -T10359-, as  
shown in illustration.  
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– Use locking element -A- from gearbox support -3282- to se‐  
cure pin -T10359/2- to engine support.  
– Insert engine support -T10359- in engine and gearbox jack  
-VAS 6931-.  
– Fit engine support -T10359- to cylinder block. Screw bolt  
-A- with spacer sleeve into cylinder block. Specified torque:  
20 Nm.  
– Secure engine with locking element -B-, and slightly lift en‐  
gine with gearbox.  
– Remove bolts -arrows- for engine mounting.  
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– Remove bolts -arrows- securing gearbox mounting.  
– Carefully lower engine/gearbox assembly. Check that all  
vacuum lines and electrical wiring between engine, gearbox  
and body have been detached while doing so.  
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1.2  
Separating engine and gearbox  
⇒ e1.2.2 ngine and gearbox, vehicles with 7-speed dual clutch  
gearbox”, page 33  
⇒ e1.2.3 ngine and gearbox, vehicles with 6-speed dual clutch  
gearbox”, page 35  
⇒ e1.2.4 ngine and gearbox, vehicles with automatic gearbox”,  
page 38  
1.2.1  
Separating engine and gearbox, vehi‐  
cles with manual gearbox  
Special tools and workshop equipment required  
♦ Hook -10 - 222 A /2-  
♦ Workshop hoist -VAS 6100-  
♦ Lifting tackle -T40013-  
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Sequence of operations  
Engine/gearbox assembly removed and attached to engine  
bracket -T10359-.  
– Release electrical wires from retainer -arrow- and lay them  
to one side.  
– Unscrew bolts -1 and 2-, and remove starter from gearbox.  
– Move electrical wiring harnesses -1, 2- clear at air pipe.  
– Loosen screw-type clip -3-.  
– Remove bolts -arrows- and detach air pipe.  
Unscrew bolts -arrows- and detach gearbox support.  
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– Attach lifting tackle -T40013- to gearbox and close lock.  
– Attach workshop hoist -VAS 6100- with hooks -10 - 222 A /2-  
to lifting tackle.  
– Remove bolts -1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9- securing gearbox to engine.  
Note  
Disregard -items 4, 5- and -A-.  
– Pull gearbox off engine.  
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1.2.2  
Separating engine and gearbox, vehi‐  
cles with 7-speed dual clutch gearbox  
Special tools and workshop equipment required  
♦ Engine bung set -VAS 6122-  
NOTICE  
Secondary damage due to damaged needle bearing.  
– If engine and gearbox are separated, needle bearing in  
crankshaft must be renewed ⇒ page 115 .  
Sequence of operations  
Engine/gearbox assembly removed and attached to engine  
bracket -T10497-.  
– Remove starter ⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 27; Starter;  
Removing and installing starter.  
– Unscrew coolant pipe from gearbox.  
– Unscrew nuts -arrows-, and remove bracket at front of sump.  
Note  
The studs are welded to the front of the sump.  
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Vehicles with all-wheel drive:  
– Unscrew bolts -1, 2-, and remove bracket for bevel box.  
Continued for all vehicles:  
Note  
Use a cloth to catch the escaping coolant.  
– Loosen hose clips -arrows- and remove coolant hoses from  
gear oil cooler.  
– Seal open lines and connections with clean plugs from en‐  
gine bung set -VAS 6122-.  
– Unscrew bolts -1 to 9- securing gearbox to engine.  
Note  
Disregard -item A-.  
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– Pull gearbox off engine.  
– Before assembling, renew needle bearing in crankshaft ⇒  
page 115 .  
1.2.3  
Separating engine and gearbox, vehi‐  
cles with 6-speed dual clutch gearbox  
Special tools and workshop equipment required  
♦ Adapter -10 - 222 A /20-  
♦ Hook of -2024 A /1- lifting tackle -2024 A-  
♦ Workshop hoist -VAS 6100-  
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♦ Engine bung set -VAS 6122-  
NOTICE  
Secondary damage due to damaged needle bearing.  
– If engine and gearbox are separated, needle bearing in  
crankshaft must be renewed ⇒ page 115 .  
Sequence of operations  
Engine/gearbox assembly removed and attached to engine  
bracket -T10497-.  
– Remove starter ⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 27; Starter;  
Removing and installing starter.  
– Unscrew nuts -arrows-, and remove bracket at front of sump.  
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Note  
The studs are welded to the front of the sump.  
Vehicles with all-wheel drive:  
– Unscrew bolts -1, 2-, and remove bracket for bevel box.  
Continued for all vehicles:  
– Disconnect electrical connector -2-.  
Note  
Use a cloth to catch the escaping coolant.  
Disregard -3094-.  
– Loosen hose clips -arrows- and remove coolant hoses from  
gear oil cooler.  
– Unscrew bolts -1- and lay coolant valve for gearbox -N488-  
to one side.  
– Seal open lines and connections with clean plugs from en‐  
gine bung set -VAS 6122-.  
– Attach hook of lifting tackle -2024 A- to gearbox lifting eye  
and secure with pin -arrow-.  
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– Attach hook -2024 A /1- to workshop hoist -VAS 6100- with  
adapter -10 - 222 A /20-.  
– Unscrew bolts -1 to 8- securing gearbox to engine.  
Note  
Disregard -item A-.  
– Pull gearbox off engine.  
– Before assembling, renew needle bearing in crankshaft ⇒  
page 115 .  
1.2.4  
Separating engine and gearbox, vehi‐  
cles with automatic gearbox  
Vehicles with all-wheel drive  
– Remove bevel box ⇒ Rep. gr. 37; Bevel box; Removing  
bevel box.  
– Remove starter ⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 27; Starter;  
Removing and installing starter.  
All vehicles  
– Unscrew six converter nuts -arrow-.  
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– To do this, turn engine with counterhold -T10172A- 60° for  
each nut in engine direction of rotation.  
Note  
If all 6 nuts are not removed from the torque converter, the tor‐  
que converter will be pulled out when the gearbox is removed  
from the engine!  
– Unscrew bolts securing sump to gearbox -arrows-.  
– Unscrew upper connecting bolts -arrows- securing gearbox  
to engine using e.g. double hexagon flex head socket.  
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– Press gearbox off engine -3- while pressing torque converter  
-1- against gearbox in -direction of arrow- using, for exam‐  
ple, a screwdriver -2-.  
– After gearbox has been removed, secure torque converter to  
prevent it from falling out.  
1.3  
Securing engine on engine and gearbox support  
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Special tools and workshop  
equipment required  
♦ Lifting tackle -2024 A-  
♦ Workshop hoist -VAS 6100-  
♦ Engine and gearbox support -VAS 6095-  
Sequence of operations  
Gearbox detached from engine ⇒ page 30 .  
– Release catch -arrow-, and pull off left mounting -1- for en‐  
gine cover panel.  
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– Unclip right mounting -1- for engine cover panel.  
– Attach lifting tackle -2024 A- to engine on workshop hoist  
-VAS 6100-.  
– In order to match the lifting tackle to the centre of gravity of  
the engine, the holes in the hook rail must be allocated as  
shown in the illustration.  
– The support hooks and pins on the lifting tackle must be  
secured with locking pins -arrows-.  
– Using workshop hoist -VAS 6100-, lift engine off engine and  
gearbox jack -VAS 6931-.  
– Remove dowel sleeves for gearbox, and, on gearbox side,  
bolt engine to engine and gearbox support -VAS 6095-.  
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1.4  
Installing engine  
Specified torques  
Note  
The specified torques are only valid for nuts and bolts  
which have been slightly greased, oiled, phosphate-treated  
or black-oxided.  
Additional lubricant such as engine oil or gear oil may be  
used, but do not use lubricant containing graphite.  
Do not use degreased parts.  
Tolerance for specified torques ± 15%.  
Component  
Nm  
10  
15  
20  
40  
65  
Bolts and nuts  
M6  
M7  
M8  
M10  
M12  
♦ Assembly mountings ⇒ o2.1 verview - assembly mountings”,  
page 47 .  
♦ Securing gearbox to engine ⇒ Rep. gr. 34; Removing and  
installing gearbox; Specified torques for gearbox.  
Sequence of operations  
Note  
Renew bolts that are tightened with turning further angle.  
Renew self-locking nuts and bolts, and seals, O-rings and  
gaskets.  
Hose unions and air intake pipes and hoses must be free of  
oil and grease before installation.  
Secure all hose connections with the correct type of hose  
clips (same as original equipment) ⇒ Electronic parts cata‐  
logue (ETKA).  
Fit all cable ties in the original position when installing.  
– Check dowel sleeves for centring engine/gearbox and renew  
if damaged.  
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– Hook intermediate plate onto sealing flange and slide onto  
dowel sleeves -arrows-.  
Vehicles with manual gearbox:  
– If clutch release bearing is worn, renew it ⇒ Rep. gr. 30;  
Clutch mechanism; Repairing clutch release mechanism.  
– Lightly grease input shaft splines using grease as per  
⇒ Electronic parts catalogue (ETKA).  
– Check centring of clutch plate.  
– Bolt gearbox to engine.  
Vehicles with dual clutch gearbox:  
– If engine and gearbox were separated, renew needle bear‐  
ing in crankshaft ⇒ page 115 .  
– Bolt gearbox to engine.  
Vehicles with all-wheel drive:  
– Bolt gearbox to engine.  
– Install bracket for bevel box.  
Continued for all vehicles:  
– Install starter ⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 27; Starter; Re‐  
moving and installing starter.  
– Guide engine/gearbox assembly into body.  
– First screw bolts -arrows- for engine mountings into stop by  
hand.  
– First screw bolts -arrows- for gearbox mountings into stop by  
hand.  
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– Adjust assembly mountings and tighten bolts ⇒ page 78 .  
– Remove engine bracket -T10359- from engine.  
– Install drive shafts ⇒ Running gear, axles, steering; Rep.  
gr. 40; Drive shaft; Assembly overview - drive shaft.  
Vehicles with manual gearbox:  
– Install clutch slave cylinder ⇒ Rep. gr. 30; Clutch mecha‐  
nism; Removing and installing clutch slave cylinder.  
– Install cables with cable support bracket ⇒ Rep. gr. 34; Se‐  
lector mechanism; Assembly overview - selector cables.  
Vehicles with dual clutch gearbox:  
– Install and adjust selector lever cable ⇒ Rep. gr. 34; Selector  
mechanism; Removing and installing selector lever cable.  
Continued for all vehicles:  
– Install air conditioner compressor ⇒ Heating, air condition‐  
ing; Rep. gr. 87; Air conditioner compressor; Assembly over‐  
view - drive unit of air conditioner compressor.  
– Install poly V-belt ⇒ page 85 .  
– Install battery tray ⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 27; Battery;  
Assembly overview - battery.  
– Electrical connections and routing ⇒ Electrical system; Rep.  
gr. 97; Relay carriers, fuse carriers, electronics boxes; Over‐  
view of fitting locations - relay carriers, fuse carriers, elec‐  
tronics boxes and ⇒ Current flow diagrams, Electrical fault  
finding and Fitting locations.  
– Install air filter housing ⇒ page 443 .  
– Fit engine cover panel ⇒ page 81 .  
– Check oil level.  
– Connect coolant hoses with plug-in connector to heat ex‐  
changer for heater ⇒ page 349 .  
– Install subframe ⇒ Running gear, axles, steering; Rep.  
gr. 40; Subframe; Removing and installing subframe without  
steering rack.  
– Install front wheel housing liners ⇒ General body repairs,  
exterior; Rep. gr. 66; Wheel housing liner; Removing and  
installing front wheel housing liner.  
– Add coolant ⇒ page 282 .  
If a new base engine or short engine was installed, additional  
adaptations must be carried out in the engine control unit. Pro‐  
ceed as follows to do this:  
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– Connect ⇒ Vehicle diagnostic tester, and select following  
functions.  
0001 - Engine electronics, functions  
0001 - Basic setting  
Timing chain length compensator, reset after re-  
newing chain  
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