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Gearbox removal & installation: 806 XU Turbo motor en bak uit in — PEUGEOT

Gearbox removal & installation — 806 XU Turbo motor en bak uit in on Peugeot: 42 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

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

42 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 2.0, TURBO

  • Opens: gearbox oil

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  • Remove the power steering pump but do not disconnect the lines

📋 Procedure

  1. Engine support:
  2. The engine and gearbox are removed as a unit
  3. Drain the gearbox oil
  4. Remove the front bodywork
  5. Remove the air filter
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  1. Remove the radiator with the fans
  2. Vehicles with air conditioning:
  3. Remove the air-conditioning condenser
  4. Remove the air-conditioning compressor
  5. All vehicles:
  6. Remove the front cross member
  7. Vehicles with power steering:
  8. Remove the ancillary drive belt
  9. Remove the power steering pump but do not disconnect the lines
  10. Remove the power steering fluid reservoir
  11. All vehicles:
  12. Remove the engine control unit
  13. Vehicles with ABS:
  14. Without disconnecting the system, place the ABS control unit aside
  15. All vehicles:
  16. Disconnect the gear-shift control
  17. Disconnect the speedometer
  18. Disconnect the exhaust pipe from the manifold
  19. Disconnect the oxygen sensor
  20. Remove the air duct together with the crankcase breather
  21. Remove the control unit
  22. Remove the hoses
  23. Remove the drive shafts
  24. Disconnect the torque rod
  25. Fit the special tool to support the engine
  26. Disconnect the engine support
  27. Remove the right-hand engine support
  28. Remove or lower the engine/gearbox

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.