Fix the hood in the open position, for which, acting simultaneously from both sides, lift the locking brackets, simultaneously moving them up, and disconnect the dampers from the hood. Fully open the hood, install accessories «51.2.170» (pic. 6.31) on the dampers and fix the hood with them.
Drain the coolant and remove the cooling system radiator and fluid supply hoses. Remove intake manifold. Disconnect the engine wiring harnesses from the electronics box and the body, move them to the side.
Remove the power steering pump, move it to the side and fix it with a wire clip in the engine compartment. Do not disconnect pipes. Remove the vacuum reservoir from the body, leave the pipes connected.
Disconnect fuel lines from high pressure pump (NVD) and a vacuum line from the brake booster. Remove the protective panels of the underbody, the screen of the engine compartment and the front panel of the protective crankcase of the BMW X5 E53 engine.
Loosen clamps (1, fig. 6.32), remove the hoses (2 and 3) connection of the charge air cooler and its pipelines.
Remove the stiffening plate, for which unscrew the bolts (1 and 2, fig. 6.33).
Attention! The movement of the car without a stiffening plate is strictly prohibited. The stiffening plate is fixed each time with new bots with nuts, which must be tightened in two steps, first with a torque of 56 Nm (5.6 kgf·m), then turning by 90°.
Disconnect the exhaust system from the exhaust manifold, remove the gearbox and front wheel drive shafts. Remove the alternator and A/C compressor drive belt. Remove the air conditioning compressor from the support bracket, move it to the side and secure it to the body with a wire clamp. Leave the pipes connected.
Disconnect the vacuum line (2, fig. 6.34) from the engine mount and remove the jumper «masses» body engine.
Install fixture «11.0.020» (pic. 6.35) on the lifting device (hoist, crane, hoist). Install rigging (chains of the same length) and hook them onto the engine lifting eyes. Raise the engine so that the chains are slightly taut.
Attention! After tire change «masses», the nuts must be tightened before setting the gearbox.
Loosen tire nuts «masses» on the engine mount brackets on the left and right sides. Once again, make sure that the engine is not connected to the vehicle's engine compartment in any way, and carefully remove the engine.
Engine installation should be carried out in the reverse order, if necessary.
Tighten the nuts on the brackets for fastening the engine mounts immediately after installing the engine, because when installing the gearbox, the engine may slip off the mounting pads. nuts (9, see fig. 6.36) tighten the bracket to the engine with a torque of 38 Nm (3.8 kgf·m), pillows to the side member - 56 Nm (5.6 kgf·m) and bracket to the engine - 42 Nm (4.2 kgf·m), upon completion of the engine installation, check their tightness.
Before installing the charge air hoses, make sure they are clean and dry; if necessary, remove traces of moisture and grease with alcohol. Tighten the screws securing the air duct hoses to a torque of 6.0 Nm (0.6 kgf·m).