ATF Cooler, Removing And Installing: Removing
-- Remove the air filter housing with the air duct hose. Refer to AIR FILTER HOUSING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
-- Remove the battery and the battery tray. Refer to BATTERY TRAY, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
-- Remove the turbocharger air duct pipe/charge air cooler. Refer to OVERVIEW - CHARGE AIR SYSTEM .
- Thoroughly clean the area around the ATF cooler.
-- Place lint-free cloth on to ATF cooler and transmission to absorb exiting coolant.
The cooling system is under pressure when the engine is warm. Risk of scalding due to hot steam and hot coolant.
Burns to skin and other parts of the body are possible.
- Wear safety gloves.
- Wear protective eyewear.
- Reduce the pressure: cover the coolant reservoir cap with a cloth and carefully open.
-- Open the coolant expansion tank cap -arrow-.
-- Place the Used Oil Collection and Extraction Unit :SMN372500 under the transmission.
-- Clamp off the coolant hoses -1- using the Hose Clamps - Up To 25mm :3094 -arrows-.
-- Loosen the clamp -2-. Remove the coolant hoses -1- on the ATF cooler -3-.
-- Seal off the ATF cooler connections with suitable sealing plugs taken from the Engine Bung Set :VAS 6122 .
-- Remove the bolts -1- for the ATF cooler -2-.
-- Remove the ATF cooler -2-.