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Gearbox removal & installation: Citroen C2 BE4R (DV6TED4)

Step-by-step gearbox removal & installation for the Citroen C2 BE4R (DV6TED4): 104 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

Workshop procedure for CITROEN — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

104 steps 1 engine code engine codes merged from 2 documented variants

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 1.6, HDIF

  • Opens: coolant, clutch fluid, gearbox oil

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  • Use the special tool to counterhold
  • Do not disconnect the hydraulic circuit

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📐 27 workshop diagrams for DV6TED4(9HZ)

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

C2 - BE4R - DV6TED4 — DV6TED4(9HZ) · diagram 1
C2 - BE4R - DV6TED4 — DV6TED4(9HZ) · diagram 2
C2 - BE4R - DV6TED4 — DV6TED4(9HZ) · diagram 3
C2 - BE4R - DV6TED4 — DV6TED4(9HZ) · diagram 4
C2 - BE4R - DV6TED4 — DV6TED4(9HZ) · diagram 5
C2 - BE4R - DV6TED4 — DV6TED4(9HZ) · diagram 6
C2 - BE4R - DV6TED4 — DV6TED4(9HZ) · diagram 7
C2 - BE4R - DV6TED4 — DV6TED4(9HZ) · diagram 8
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📋 Procedure

Preparation and removal

  1. Remove the battery cover
  2. Remove the front wheels
  3. Remove the left wheel arch liner
  4. Remove the engine lower cover
  5. Drain the gearbox oil
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  1. Remove the drive shaft nuts
  2. Counterhold tool:
  3. Use the special tool to counterhold
  4. Ball joint splitting tool:
  5. Disconnect the track rod ends
  6. Disconnect the lower arm ball joints
  7. Lever(s):
  8. Use the special tools
  9. Disconnect the suspension lower wishbones from the wheel bearing housings
  10. Disconnect the drive shafts from the wheel bearing housings
  11. Remove the drive shafts from the differential
  12. Remove the engine upper cover
  13. Remove the air inlet resonator
  14. Remove the air duct
  15. Remove the engine control unit with bracket
  16. Remove the air hose between the inlet manifold and the turbo
  17. Remove the battery
  18. Remove the power steering control unit
  19. Remove the battery tray
  20. Disconnect the reversing light switch
  21. Disconnect the earth cable from the gearbox
  22. Disconnect the electrical wiring from the gearbox
  23. Remove the radiator grille
  24. Remove the front bumper
  25. Disconnect the air hoses from the intercooler
  26. Drain the cooling system
  27. Disconnect the radiator hoses
  28. Disconnect the fan electrical connections
  29. Remove the radiator fan bolts
  30. Remove the cooling fan
  31. Remove the radiator
  32. Disconnect the mass airflow meter wiring
  33. Without disconnecting the hoses, place the air-conditioning compressor aside
  34. All vehicles:
  35. Disconnect the exhaust gas pressure sensor hoses
  36. Exhaust gas temperature sensor
  37. Remove the exhaust gas temperature sensor
  38. Heat shield(s):
  39. Remove the catalytic converter heat shield(s)
  40. Exhaust clamp:
  41. Disconnect the exhaust clamp
  42. Remove the catalytic converter
  43. Remove the diesel particulate filter
  44. Remove the exhaust pipe
  45. Gearbox support bolt:
  46. Remove the bolt
  47. Remove the vacuum reservoir
  48. Remove the starter motor support
  49. Starter motor:
  50. Remove the starter motor
  51. Unclip the clutch hydraulic line
  52. Disconnect the clutch slave cylinder
  53. Move the clutch slave cylinder aside
  54. Note: Do not disconnect the hydraulic circuit
  55. Remove the cross member
  56. Remove the exhaust pipe
  57. Pendulum support bolts
  58. Remove the pendulum support
  59. Engine/gearbox attaching bolt:
  60. Remove the engine/gearbox lower attaching bolts
  61. Fit the special tool to support the engine
  62. Disconnect the gear-shift mechanism from the gearbox
  63. Engine support:
  64. Lower the gearbox slightly
  65. Remove the gearbox

Installation and checks

  1. Refill the cooling system
  2. Bleed the cooling system
  3. Stage 1:
  4. Stage 2:
  5. Reconnect the exhaust gas pressure sensor hose
  6. Reconnect the exhaust gas pressure sensor
Workshop diagrams

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.