CYLINDER HEAD REMOVING, Vehicles With A Turbocharger: Removing

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2016 Audi A7 Quattro. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

-- 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: Loosening Sequence Of Cylinder Head

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-- 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