"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/13/2018 at 17:36 • Filed to: Smart Roadster
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/13/2018 at 17:36 • Filed to: Smart Roadster | 1
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In very slow stages.
Meet the thing and the two extra tools needed, a T30 bit and an E12 socket.
Another tool may be needed.
The thing ( a crank position sensor) needs to go under all this lot. So the fan has to be unplugged and unclipped, the intercooler under it has to come out and the throttle body (just to the left of the Smart logo) has to come out. First difficulty is that the throttle body is in the way so it has to come out before the intercooler. This is where the E12 socket comes in as the body is held in by four E12 bolts. Which is fine, except that the socket needs a ½” drive and I discover that no, I don’t have an adaptor for my ¼” driver and in any case the T30 bit is 3/8ths. So more shopping.
The bolts loosen easily enough, but the large hose has to come off. So you just loosen the jubilee
clip and pull? Oh no. You have to prise the hose up at the
edge and haul it off mm by mm. The other end is attached to the
intercooler and secured by another jubilee clip. So just loosen this? Oh
no. It’s facing down and towards the rear. You can see it appearing at the bottom of the lit square (actually the ground). Probably suits assembly workers installing the engine from below just fine. Those of us accessing it from above, rather less so. No, you can’t reach it from below without lifting the car.
So I’ll see what further ideas I have tomorrow ( a vice grip might reach it).
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Cé hé sin
06/13/2018 at 18:36 |
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That’s a big motor for a little radiator fan.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Cé hé sin
06/13/2018 at 19:16 |
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That looks like the same crank sensor that 112 and 113 engines use. No wonder it failed. I replace them preventatively on those on my own cars!
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Cé hé sin
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/14/2018 at 07:01 |
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Yes, they’re widely used. I actually bought a generic one. Still haven’t figured out how to fit it..
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AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Cé hé sin
06/14/2018 at 12:17 |
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Sorry, can’t help you there, never worked on a smart roadster before. Good luck!