Part 1
Electric Engine Block Heater, 115V, 5-cyl.
INTRODUCTION
- NOTE: Read through the whole installation instruction before starting the work.
Electric engine block heater, 115V, 5-cyl.
Applies to the S40 and V50
Preparations
- Remove the screws and the engine splash guard.
- Remove the left front wheel.
- Remove the five screws holding the bumper cover in the wing liner on the left and right-hand sides.
- Remove the nut holding the left-hand wing liner to the front member.
- Bend the front edge of the left-hand wing liner up over the brake calliper.
- Push in the centre of the five clips (1). Remove the clips.
- Remove the two screws (2).
Illustration A
- Remove the covers for the nozzles for the headlamp washers on the right and left-hand sides. Carefully grip the cover. Pull the cover out until the catch becomes accessible.
Illustration B
- Press the catch up. Remove the cover. Do not damage the painted surfaces or the washer nozzles.
- Detach the ends of the bumper cover on the left and right-hand sides. Grasp the end of the bumper cover inside the wing liner. Carefully pull the end of the bumper cover so that the two catches on the inside release.
- Remove the bumper cover and air baffle. Pull the bumper cover and air baffle forward until the remaining catches under the lamps release.
- Disconnect the connectors for the fog lamps if applicable.
Installing the front engine block heater socket
- Assemble the front engine block heater socket using the parts from the kit, in accordance with illustrations A, B, C and D.
Illustration A
Illustration B
Illustration C
Illustration D
- Cut off the small lug on the rear mounting plate from the kit.
Illustration A
- Insert the cable through the top hole furthest to the left in the lower front grille.
Illustration B
- Install the front engine block heater socket in the hole below, centre it in the hole. Tighten in the connector using a Torx screw (L=40 mm) and the mounting plate from the kit.
- Reinstall the bumper cover using the five clips and the two screws in the upper edge.
Applies to the C70
Preparations
- Remove the covers for the nozzles for the headlamp washers on the right and left-hand sides. Carefully grip the cover. Pull the cover out until the catch becomes accessible.
- Press the catch up. Remove the cover. Do not damage the painted surfaces or the washer nozzles.
- Remove the screws to the air baffle.
- Push in the centre of the clips (1). Remove the clips.
- Remove the screws (2).
- Remove the left front wheel.
- Remove the five screws holding the bumper cover in the wing liner on the left and right-hand sides.
- Detach the right and left-hand end faces of the bumper.
- Grip the bumper from the inside and pull it forward in order to detach the two holders under the headlamps.
- Remove the bumper, unplug the connectors for the fog lamps and place the bumper on a surface that does not damage the paintwork.
NOTE: Removal of the bumper is facilitated if carried out by two people.
Remove:
- the nuts
- the screw
- the left-hand wing liner.
- Remove the screws and the engine splash guard.
Installing the front engine block heater socket
- Cut out a hole in the bumper cover grille.
- File away any irregularities.
- Take the cable harness and thread on the protective cap's eyelet.
- Install the front engine block heater socket's connector in the mounting.
- Lift the mountings at the back in order to lock the connector.
- Install the mounting plate in the connector with the screw and nut. Do not tighten too hard, it must be possible to guide the connector into the mounting.
- Cut away the three rectangular studs on the mounting plate.
- Route the cable harness through the hole in the grille so that the front engine block heater socket's connector is in contact with the grille.
- Cut away any protrusions on the grille where the spacer washer shall be located.
- Tighten in the connector using a Torx screw with integrated washer (L=14 mm) , and a spacer washer from the kit.
- Check the function. Install the protective cap on the connector.
Reinstall:
- the air baffle
- the bumper. Make sure that the air baffle is positioned correctly in its mounting against the bumper. Press on so that the catches under the headlamps attach.
- the five clips and the screws in the top edge.
- the connectors to the fog lamps.
NOTE: Installation of the bumper is facilitated if carried out by two people.
Cable routing, applies to all car models
- Install three clips from the kit on the panel edge on the underside of the left front member.