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CYLINDER HEAD REMOVING, Vehicles With A Turbocharger: Removing

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

-- Remove the turbocharger. Refer to TURBOCHARGER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, Vehicles With A Turbocharger .

-- Remove the intake manifold. Refer to INTAKE MANIFOLD, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the camshafts. Refer to CAMSHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

Left Cylinder Head 

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-- Loosen the clamp -1- and remove the coolant hose.

NOTE:

Ignore item -2-.

-- Remove the bolts -1- and then remove the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) pipe.

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NOTE:

Ignore item -2-.

-- Remove the union nut -left arrow- and then remove the high pressure line -1-.

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NOTE:

Ignore -right arrow-.

Right Cylinder Head 

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-- Remove the front coolant pipe. Refer to FRONT COOLANT PIPE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Loosen hose clamp -1- and lift the clamp -2- to remove the coolant hoses.

NOTE:

Ignore the -arrows-.

-- Remove the union nut -right arrow- and then remove the high pressure line -1-.

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NOTE:

Ignore -left arrow-.

-- Remove the banjo bolt -arrow-.

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-- Remove the guide pins for the glide track -1- and for the tensioning rail -2-.

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NOTE:

Ignore :T40246  .

Continued for Both Sides 

Fig 1: Cylinder Head Bolts Loosening Sequence
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-- Loosen The Cylinder Head Bolts In The Sequence -1 To 8-. 

-- Remove the bolts and the cylinder head carefully.

CAUTION:

Danger of damaging the glow plugs when removing the cylinder head.

  • Do not lay the removed cylinder head on the sealing surface with the glow plugs installed otherwise the glow plugs will protrude slightly past the sealing surface