Lexus IS 2AD-FHV ->07.2010 — LEXUS
Lexus IS 2AD-FHV ->07.2010 on Lexus: 251 steps, engines 2AD-FHV. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for LEXUS — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 200D, |, 220D
- Opens: coolant, engine oil, fuel
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- Counterhold at crankshaft bolt
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- After turning the ignition off, wait for 1 minute before disconnecting the battery
- Remove the engine upper cover(s)
- Engine support bracket:
- Drain the air-conditioning system
- Disconnect the battery
- Subframe:
- Rear engine support:
- Remove the engine lower covers
- Drain the engine oil
- Drain the cooling system
- Remove the front exhaust pipe
- Remove the propeller shaft
- Inlet manifold
- Remove the air filter housing together with the air filter hose
- Injector
- Remove the heater duct
- Exhaust manifold
- Disconnect the fuel hoses
- Disconnect the electrical connector
- Flywheel
- All vehicles:
- Disconnect the brake servo check valve hose
- Disconnect the wiring loom
- Remove the wiring loom
- Disconnect the EGR valve electrical connection(s)
- Disconnect the oil pressure switch
- Remove the EGR pipe
- Disconnect the Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) sensor
- Disconnect the vacuum hose
- Disconnect the coolant hoses
- Remove the coolant pipe
- Disconnect the throttle body electrical connections
- Disconnect the inlet air temperature sensor
- Remove the air inlet pipe
- Disconnect the vacuum hose
- Disconnect the hose at the coolant pump
- Disconnect the radiator hose(s)
- Disconnect the water hoses from the heater
- Disconnect the air inlet hose
- Disconnect the air-conditioning compressor lines
- Remove the differential pressure sensor
- Disconnect the engine control unit connector(s)
- Disconnect the injection management unit
- Disconnect the fuel hoses
- Lock the steering wheel in centre position
- Loosen the bolt
- Remove the bolt
- Disconnect the steering column
- Note: Mark the position
- Remove the height-control sensor
- Disconnect the cover
- Disconnect the lower arm ball joints
- Disconnect the power steering wiring loom
- Remove the gear-shift lever from the gearbox
- Remove the rear engine support
- Place the jack under the engine sump
- Remove the subframe bolts
- Lower the engine slightly
- Check that all the wiring and hoses are disconnected
- Lower the engine/gearbox from the engine compartment
- Fit the engine hangers
- Stripping the engine:
- Remove the catalytic converter
- Remove the starter motor
- Remove the clutch slave cylinder from the gearbox
- Separate the gearbox from the engine
- Remove the clutch assembly
- Remove the flywheel
- Note: Counterhold at crankshaft bolt
- Use the special tools
- Run the engine until warm
- Disconnect the engine supports, left and right
- Maximum engine speed (rpm)
- Support the engine with a jack stand
- Remove the engine wiring loom
- Remove the vacuum switching valve (VSV)
- Remove the electronic vacuum regulating valve (EVRV)
- Remove the alternator
- Remove the idler pulley bracket
- Remove the ancillary drive belt idler pulley
- Remove the ancillary drive belt tensioner pulley
- Remove the brackets
- Remove the air-conditioning compressor
- Remove the air-conditioning compressor bracket
- Remove the turbocharger
- Remove the EGR cooler
- Remove the exhaust manifold
- Remove the EGR valve
- Remove the vacuum pump
- Remove the fuel rail
- Remove the injectors
- Remove the glow plugs
- Remove the dipstick tube
- Remove the throttle body
- Remove the inlet manifold bracket
- Remove the inlet manifold
- Remove the oil cooler
- Remove the coolant temperature sensor
- Remove the coolant bypass pipe
- Remove the turbocharger oil feed line
- Remove the oil cooler bracket
- Remove the oil level indicator
- Remove the high-pressure pump
Installation and checks
- Check the wheel alignment
- Refit the coolant bypass hose(s)
- Refit the water inlet
- Refit the turbocharger oil feed line
- Refit the coolant bypass pipe
- Refit the coolant temperature sensor
- Refit the oil cooler
- Refit the inlet manifold bracket
- Refit the throttle body
- Refit the dipstick tube
- Refit the glow plugs
- Refit the injectors
- Refit the fuel rail
- Refit the vacuum pump
- Refit the EGR valve
- Refit the exhaust manifold
- Do not tighten!
- Fit the turbocharger to the exhaust manifold
- Exhaust manifold:
- Tighten the nuts
- Refit the heat shield
- Refit the EGR cooler
- Refit the air-conditioning compressor bracket
- Refit the air-conditioning compressor
- Refit the brackets
- Refit the ancillary drive belt tensioner pulley
- Refit the ancillary drive belt idler pulley
- Refit the idler pulley bracket
- Refit the alternator
- Refit the electronic vacuum regulating valve (EVRV)
- Refit the vacuum switching valve (VSV)
- Refit the ancillary drive belt
- Refit the engine wiring loom
- Reconnect the engine supports, left and right
- Refit the flywheel
- Note: Counterhold at crankshaft bolt
- Use the special tools
- Refit the clutch
- Refit the gearbox to the engine
- Refit the clutch slave cylinder
- Refit the starter motor
- Refit the catalytic converter
- Remove the engine hangers
- Powertrain installation:
- Support the engine with a lifting jack
- Refit the engine
- Tighten the subframe bolts
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