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Engine, remove and install.  S14

Remove battery negative lead. 610024.jpg (37957 bytes)
Remove gear box.
Remove splash shield from below front of engine.
Drain coolant from cylinder block drain plug on right side of block, behind exhaust manifold and radiator drain plug on lower left corner, or center, of radiator. s140103.jpg (32400 bytes) 170023.jpg (38886 bytes)
Loosen clamp on intake hose at airflow meter (yellow arrow). Disconnect altitude sensor and air flow meter (blue arrows). Loosen two 10mm nuts retaining air filter housing (green arrows) and remove the assembly. s140004.jpg (60245 bytes)
Loosen clamp on intake boot, remove wiring from clips on boot and remove from air box. s140073.jpg (32887 bytes)
Disconnect accelerator cable and cruise cable if fitted, by squeezing plastic tabs together and pulling retainer from bracket (blue arrow).  Remove nuts (green arrows) holding cable bracket to intake air box. Place cables, still in bracket, aside. 350007.jpg (58522 bytes)
Remove vacuum hose to brake booster from intake manifold (blue arrow), remove nut clamping hose to intake manifold (green arrow) and move hose aside. s140074.jpg (39777 bytes)
Remove hose from fitting on bottom of air box (yellow arrow). Remove 13mm nut on brace below air box (green arrow). s140035.jpg (26509 bytes)
Remove hose from front of intake manifold beside number 1 throttle body. Remove nuts attaching air box to throttle bodies, remove air box. s140036.jpg (27746 bytes) s140030.jpg (19204 bytes)
Remove leads from rear of alternator (green arrows), remove nuts retaining wiring harness (yellow arrows) to alternator and move harness aside. s140037.jpg (27930 bytes)
Remove all three leads from the starter. 8,10, and 13mm nuts. s140038.jpg (26444 bytes)
Disconnect oil pressure and temp senders on oil filter housing, remove harness from mounting clips. s140039.jpg (27487 bytes)
Pull off vacuum line from junction between numbers 1 and 2 throttle bodies and pull through hole in intake brace. Disconnect plug and forward hose from idle valve. Disconnect other idle valve hose from fitting between numbers 3 and 4 throttle bodies and remove idle valve. Remove engine harness from holder located behind idle valve position. s140040.jpg (29671 bytes)
Lever up injector harness, disconnect idle valve extension harness (green arrow) and place aside. s140041.jpg (28911 bytes)
Disconnect throttle position sensor. s140042.jpg (26631 bytes)
Remove two 10mm bolts securing fuel rail to manifold (one pictured, green arrow) and pull injectors out of manifold.  Remove vacuum line (yellow arrow) from fuel pressure regulator and disentangle injector harness from fuel rail. Move harness aside. s140043.jpg (9247 bytes)
Remove purge hose from left rear corner of manifold (for clearance only, no need to remove lower end of hose), remove fuel hoses from rail below purge hose, mark hoses, car will not run if they are reversed on installation,  and remove heater hose from rear of cylinder head. s140076.jpg (24975 bytes)
Remove nut retaining engine harness to number 4 throttle body. Pull entire engine wiring harness away from engine. s140085.jpg (35616 bytes)
Remove heater hose from metal pipe below number 4 throttle body. s140044.jpg (23599 bytes)
Loosen clamp on carbon canister and move it aside, no need to remove hose from canister. s140045.jpg (25319 bytes)
Remove both oil cooler lines from oil filter housing. s140046.jpg (24218 bytes)
Hold water pump pulley (green arrow) with BMW special tool 11 5 030, or by a large set of "water pump" pliers.

Remove fan (yellow arrow) with BMW special tool 11 5 040 or similar slim 32mm wrench.

An alternative to using pliers is to install the wrench and strike wrench sharply with a hammer in a clockwise direction.

CAUTION: Left hand thread, turn wrench as if to tighten a regular bolt, to remove the fan.

Remove coolant hoses.
Remove bolt from top edge of radiator. 170015.jpg (42394 bytes)
Lift out radiator.
Remove ground lead from oil pan. s140104.jpg (31172 bytes)
Remove power steering pump from bracket, no need to detach lines, and hold to the side with wire or string.
Remove supply and return and bypass hoses from coolant reservoir. s140072.jpg (31145 bytes)
Remove ground strap from rear cam box cover. s140081.jpg (39887 bytes)
Unplug oxygen sensor connector below coolant reservoir. s140047.jpg (19294 bytes)
Remove coil wire from coil, unplug temp sensors on coolant manifold on right side of engine, near oil fill cap. Remove 10mm nut retaining harness to distributor housing. s140075.jpg (37918 bytes)
Remove upper radiator hose completely and remove thermostat hose from coolant manifold at right side of engine.  s140019.jpg (32560 bytes)

Remove harness from support across front of head.
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Remove A/C compressor from bracket, no need to disconnect refrigerant lines, tie to the side with wire.
Disconnect hood support and prop hood in the vertical position with BMW special tool 51 2 120 or equivalent.  Hood can be removed if more clearance is required.
Locate engine mounts on front sub-frame, remove nuts from top of left mount and bottom of right mount. Loosen the nuts, but do not remove, on bottom of left mount and top of right mount.
Lift out engine.

Torques

Engine mounts : 45 Nm  (32.5 ft lbs.)
Oil cooler lines : 35 Nm  (25 ft lbs.)
Intake air box : 9 Nm  (6.5 ft lbs.)

 

 

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