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where the bottle attaches to the body with some long nosed pliers

squeeze the two lugs together then pull the bottle neck upwards

this should release it from the body

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Heave a look in this post where somebody described how they went about changing their Xenon bulb: link

 

I would be very interested to hear how you get on as I'd like to do this myself - and have done it many times in the past on other cars - but am a little afraid of Xenon and the access (or lack)  available. The post I linked to didn't really provide enough to satisfy my cowardly nature 🤣

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19 hours ago, route66 said:

Heave a look in this post where somebody described how they went about changing their Xenon bulb: link

 

I would be very interested to hear how you get on as I'd like to do this myself - and have done it many times in the past on other cars - but am a little afraid of xenon and the access (or lack)  available. The post I linked to didn't really provide enough to satisfy my cowardly nature 🤣

Just did the replacement for both sides. All went well. Quick rundown:

- space is very limited on both sides but it is doable with patience
- you need to remove the filling pipe but that's a piece of cake when you know how to do it (just like 200h said and it takes not more than 10 seconds)
- make sure you have ignition switched off and lights turned off as well (if you want to be extra careful you might wanna disconnect the Battery but I didn't)
- then just remove the cover (ignitor) and the plug
- now you have access to the bulb itself and you may remove the holder clips
- pull out the bulb and put in the replacement (do not touch the glass)
- plug everything back in and you're done.

Only thing that took me +15minutes was the fact that I dropped the broken light bulb to the bottom of the engine bay. 😣 

In order to get it out I had to remove the air intake pipe to fit my arm all the way down. Easy job and it saved me 229 € compared to the quote from my dealer to change my bulbs (not my own labor included but what the heck, it's all about learning and new experiences).

Edit. Oh yead, I got the bulbs from amazon with original part number I got from my dealer (Osram 66440CBI). People were suggesting Osrams so I went with those.

Edited by nikkethegreat
forgot to mention the bulbs
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Congratulations and well done,always worth trying it yourself where possible with the added bonus of saving some money too(although not always possible lol)👍

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