Removal of alternator on 06 4.4 (non-water cooled)

[sinausa]

OK, I removed the screw holding the deflecting element, now both the bolts holding the alternator in place and the screw holding the deflecting element are out. Actually removing the deflecting element does give a little bit more room to wiggle the alternator, but it still won't come out. I feel like I am getting close, but I guess I should use a pry bar to work the alternator off some kind of mounting brackets? From which point and in what direction? Any help is welcome, I really don't want to do any damage after I've gone this far.

[mrbmwx5]

Originally Posted by sinausa

OK, I removed the screw holding the deflecting element, now both the bolts holding the alternator in place and the screw holding the deflecting element are out. Actually removing the deflecting element does give a little bit more room to wiggle the alternator, but it still won't come out. I feel like I am getting close, but I guess I should use a pry bar to work the alternator off some kind of mounting brackets? From which point and in what direction? Any help is welcome, I really don't want to do any damage after I've gone this far.

You need to disconnect the air duct from under neat the alternator too.

[sinausa]

Finally got around to working on the car, I am in New Jersey so you all know what just happened here.

Sorry for being so ignorant, I did see from underneath the car there are some rubber and metal hoses leading to the bottom and back of the alternator, are these hoses air ducts I need to remove? There is also a plastic something right below the alternator connecting the hoses but it's hard to tell if it's a clip or something, or if it's attached to the alternator. I tried to pull it but it won't move. There is also a 8 or 10 mm screw on the plastic piece. Do I need to remove that screw? Please help.

[sinausa]

This is from Bentley's service manual, there's indeed an air duct directly under the alternator. There are also two hoses.




This is a picture looking from underneath of my car. The two hoses seem to be the same, but I can't find any air duct?! There is a bigger hose seen in front of the alternator, which is also seen from the picture below:



The hose mentioned above goes to the part in the picture above (top-right of the picture), which is directly underneath the alternator. There is another pipe goes to the bottom of this part and there is also has a pulley in the front. I think it should be the same thing on the bottom of the picture below. I am not sure what it is, but do I have to remove it in order to get to the alternator?