Engine Mount Bracket

Engine Mount Bracket

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Engine Support Bridge (10-222 A)

• Engine Support Adapter (10-222 A/3)

• Bracket for Engine (10-222 A/1)

• Torque Wrench (5-50 Nm) (V.A.G 1331)

Removing

- Remove the engine cover. Refer to => [ Engine Cover ] Engine Cover.

- Remove the intake hose between the Mass Airflow (MAF) sensor and the adapter.

- Remove the fuel filter.

- Remove the auxiliary fuel pump/fuel pump 2.

- Install the engine support bridge (10-222 A) with the other special tools as illustrated and support the engine in its installed position.






• The subframe may only be removed if the engine is supported by the engine support bridge (10-222 A).

• The engine mount bracket may first be loosened only when the subframe is removed.

- Remove the engine mount bolts - B and C -.

- Remove the engine mount bolts - A - and remove the engine mount.






- Remove the coolant line bolt - arrow -.






- Remove the right front wheel housing liner..

- Remove the lower bolt - arrow - on the coolant line.







Make sure that no components/hoses are damaged, overstretched or damaged when lifting or lowering the engine using engine support bridge (10-222 A).

• The bolt - 1 - can be reached through an opening in the wheel housing. If necessary, raise and lower the engine using the spindles on the engine support bridge (10-222 A) to remove the bolts - 2 and 3 -.

- Remove the engine mount bracket bolts in sequence - 3 through 1 -.






- Remove the engine mount bracket upward.

Installing

Install in the reverse order of removal. Note the following:


Always use the correct tightening sequence and specification for the engine mount bracket bolts. Otherwise tension could develop in the engine mount bracket and break it.

- Install the engine mount bracket from above.

• The bolt - 1 - can be reached through an opening in the wheel housing. If necessary, raise and lower the engine using the spindles on the engine support bridge (10-222 A) to install the bolts - 2 and 3 -.

- First, tighten the bolts in sequence - 1 through 3 - hand tight.

Engine Mount Bracket Bolt Tightening Sequence





- Then, tighten the bolts in sequence - 1 through 3 - to specification, see - item 32 - in the => [ Toothed Belt Overview ] Toothed Belt Overview.

- Install the engine mount and tighten the bolts - A and C - first. Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Fastener Tightening Specifications ] Engine Assembly - Fastener Tightening Specifications






- Use the spindles to bring the engine mount bracket into contact with the engine mount.

- Install the bolts - B - and tighten them. Tightening specification, refer to => [ Fastener Tightening Specifications ] Engine Assembly - Fastener Tightening Specifications

Further installation is in the reverse order of removal. Note the following:

• Make sure the fuel hoses are secure.

• Do not interchange the supply and return lines (the return line is blue or has a blue mark, the supply line is black).