Upper Coolant Pipe, Removing And Installing: Removing

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

-- Remove the oil cooler. Refer to OVERVIEW - ENGINE OIL COOLER, PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE AND OIL FILTER HOUSING .

-- Loosen the clamp -2- and remove the coolant hose.

Fig 1: Identifying Hose Clamp -2-

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Ignore -item 1- and -arrow-.

-- Remove the front coolant pipe from cylinder block.