Transmission Cooler: Service and Repair

Removing and installing ATF cooler








Preliminary work

1. Raise the vehicle at the prescribed jacking points.
2. Remove the underbody panels.
3. Loosen stabilizer and swivel it downward.





Stabilizer

4. Remove diagonal braces -B- and cross member -A-.





Running gear

Removing ATF cooler

1. Disconnect coolant hoses on ATF cooler using hose clamps 3094.





Hose clamp

Warning:
Scalding from hot coolant

-> Let the coolant cool down.

-> Wear personal protective equipment (goggles, gloves)

2. Loosen hose clamps, pull off coolant hoses from ATF cooler and plug the flanges.





Coolant hoses

3. Unscrew fastening screws -arrows- between ATF cooler and port plate.





ATF cooler

Warning:
Danger of scalding and chemical burns from hot ATF

-> Allow ATF to cool down

-> Wear personal protective gear (goggles, gloves)

4. Pull ATF cooler to the rear away from the port plate.

Installing ATF cooler

1. Always replace O-rings -arrows- on the ATF cooler.





O-rings on ATF cooler

2. Position ATF cooler on port plate from behind.
3. Screw in and tighten fastening screws -arrows- between ATF cooler and port plate.





ATF cooler





4. Remove plugs, connect coolant hoses to flanges and fit hose clamps.
5. Remove hose clamp 3094.

Subsequent work

1. Install cross member -A- and diagonal braces -B-.





Running gear





2. Fit stabilizer.





Stabilizer





3. Bleed the cooling system.
4. Check and if necessary, top up the ATF.
5. Fit the underbody panel.
6. Lower the vehicle.