The starter is a powerful electric motor. Combined with an ignition system and a charged battery, it provides reliable engine starting. The method of removing the starter from a Renault Megan car to identify and eliminate malfunctions of the engine electric start system depends on the type of engine and the presence of a turbocharger.
Instructions
Step 1
If your car has a coded radio, make sure you know the code for it. Then disconnect the ground cable from the storage battery.
Step 2
To remove the starter from a petrol engine, remove the air filter cover. Apply the parking brake. Raise the front of the vehicle and place the axle supports. Then remove the engine crankcase shield.
Step 3
Disconnect from the back of the starter and remove the bracket. On the F7R engine model, remove the additional bracket for the fuel line and exhaust system. Disconnect the main cable from the starter traction relay by unscrewing the appropriate nut.
Step 4
Remove the traction relay control cable from the terminal. Remove the bolts securing the starter to the transmission case and remove the starter.
Step 5
To remove the starter from a diesel model, remove the air filter cover. Cock the handbrake, jack up the front of the car and place it on the axle supports. Remove the engine crankcase guard.
Step 6
Remove the protective cover from the starter by unscrewing the nut and fastening screws. Disconnect the wiring connector from the traction relay. Unscrew the retaining nut and remove the main supply cable from the traction relay.
Step 7
Remove the rear starter mounting bracket. Remove the bolts connecting the starter to the transmission case. Remove the starter from the engine compartment. Then remove the pin installed in the rear mounting bolt hole.
Step 8
If the diesel model is equipped with a turbocharger, after installing the raised front of the vehicle on the axle supports, remove the front wheel on the right side of the vehicle and the engine crankcase guard. Loosen the mounting brackets and remove the air pipe system that connects the intercooler to the intake manifold. Remove the front pipe.
Step 9
While working under the right side of the car, use a punch to knock out the cylindrical pin that secures the drive shaft to the differential gear shaft. Loosen the bolts and nuts that secure the right steering knuckle mount to the suspension strut. Remove the top bolt and nut, but leave the bottom in place.
Step 10
Slide out the top of the steering knuckle retainer until the inner end of the drive shaft comes off the differential shaft. Suspend the drive shaft using wire or twine. Do not let it hang under its own weight.
Step 11
Disconnect the turbocharger oil return line from the cylinder block. After removing the gasket, plug the holes in the cylinder block. This will prevent dirt from entering the mechanism.
Step 12
Remove the nut that secures the base of the rear starter mounting bracket to the wiring bracket. Disconnect the electrical wiring from the starter. Loosen the bolt and nut that secure the bracket to the turbocharger.
Step 13
Loosen the fasteners of the rear starter bracket to its engine. Disconnect the heat shield. Remove the starter motor, heat shield and rear mounting bracket.
