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Old 26th April 2022, 14:30   #6
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In the guide you take of the wheel arch liner to access the 2 lower bolts of the lower engine mountig bracket, but these bolts can also be taken of from beneath the car. For me, the wheel arch lining hadn't been taken of in ages, meaning that safely unplugging all the plastic fasteners was actually more work than undoing the bolts from the bottom. It takes a bit of time to find them, but once you do unbolting them isn't that much work. When putting the engine mounting bracket back in, the bolts can be hand-tightend suprisingly far, meaning you only have to wrench a little bit.


All in all, if you can get the wheel arch lining off quickly and without destroying any plugs, that will probably be more easy. Just wanted to inform anyone also doing this procedure that it is not required, and that it is also pretty easy to do with the wheel arch lining on.


Also, when the lower engine mounting bracket is unbolted, you should also have enough room towards the front of the car to just put it to the side (instead of removing the power steering line and taking it fully out of the engine bay). Additionally, I put a wrench on the base of the terminatal connector while undoing the bolt to prevent the connector from breaking

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