Left Coolant Pipe, Removing And Installing: Removing

-- Drain the coolant. Refer to COOLANT, DRAINING AND FILLING .

-- Remove the tower brace. Refer to SUSPENSION STRUT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the bolts -arrows-, pull the filler tube -1- out of the windshield washer fluid reservoir and out of the opening in the body and move it to the right.

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-- Remove the cap nut -2- and free up the Ground (GND) cable.

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-- Open the retainer -arrow- and remove the Engine Control Module -J623- -1- from the bracket and move it to the side.

-- Remove the bolts -arrows- and the cover -1- from the plenum chamber E-box.

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-- Disconnect the connectors -1- and remove the nut -2- for the wire.

-- Release the retainers in direction of -arrows- and remove the relay carrier with the fuse panel -3-.

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-- Disengage the engine wiring harness from the plenum chamber E-box and free it up.

-- Release the retainers in direction of -A arrows- and remove the wiring bushing -1- upward in direction of -arrow B-.

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-- Free up the wiring harness and push it to the side.

-- Remove the connector -1- for the Heated Oxygen Sensor 2 -G108- from the bracket, disconnect it and free up the wire.

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-- Disconnect the connector -1-.

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-- Remove the bolt -2-.

-- Open the clamps -arrows- and remove the coolant hoses from the coolant reservoir.

-- Free up the wiring harness.

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-- Remove the coolant hoses, to do so, loosen the hose clamps -arrows-.

-- Remove the bolt -1- and the nut -2- and then remove the left coolant pipe toward the rear.