Underbody Cover: Service and Repair

Protective plate, beneath the engine





































INTRODUCTION
- NOTE! Read through the whole installation instruction before starting the work.
- The illustrations display the procedure in order of operation. The order of operation is repeated in the text section.






Protective plate, beneath the engine




- Remove the screws and the engine splash guard.
- Place everything to one side. New material can be found in the kit.




- Remove the clips for the protective plate mounting in the subframe.
- Place the clips to one side. New ones can be found in the kit.




- Cover the underneath of the engine with cardboard or similar, so that drilling swarf does not blow up into the engine compartment.
- Carefully drill out the rectangular holes where the clips were located. Use tool P/N 9814112.
- Remove any swarf.




- Take the rivet nuts from the kit and tighten in the drilled holes. Use tool P/N 9512782.




- Take the new protective plate with screws and spacers from the kit.
- Position the protective plate so that the high spacers with the longer screws are at the back, and the four low spacers with the shorter screws at the sides are at the front.
- Secure the spacers on the protective plate opposite the holes using pieces of butyl tape.





Note! Get help from a colleague for this procedure.

- Lift the protective plate into position.
- Install the screws. Position the long screws are the back. Tighten them to 30 Nm (22 ft.lb.).
- Slacken the screws two turns.
- Tighten the screws. Tighten to 24 Nm (18 ft.lb.).