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Cylinder Head Removing, Vehicles With Two Turbochargers.: Removing

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

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

-- Remove the camshafts, refer to Removing .

Left cylinder head: 

Fig 1: Identifying Noise Insulation -1-
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-- Remove the front left wheel, refer to Wheels, Tires, Wheel Alignment .

-- Remove the left driveshaft cover -1- in the wheel housing.

-- Remove the bolt -arrow-.

Fig 2: Identifying Left Driveshaft Cover And Bolt
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-- Remove the union nut -left arrow- and then remove the high pressure line -1-.

Fig 3: Identifying High Pressure Line And Union Nut
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NOTE: Ignore -right arrow-.

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

Fig 4: Identifying Clamp
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NOTE: Ignore -item 2-.

-- Remove the bolts -3 and 4- and the Union nut -2-.

Fig 5: Identifying Bolts And Union Nut
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-- Remove the coolant line from the cylinder block, and slide it slightly forward.

NOTE: Ignore -item 1-.

-- Loosen the clamp -arrow- and remove it.

Fig 6: Identifying Clamp
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Right cylinder head: 

Fig 7: Identifying High Pressure Line And Union Nut
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-- Remove the front coolant pipe, refer to FRONT COOLANT PIPE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the upper coolant pipe, refer to UPPER COOLANT PIPE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

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

NOTE: Ignore -left arrow-.

-- Loosen the clamp -arrow- and remove it.

Fig 8: Identifying Clamp
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-- Remove bolt -2-, Remove the intermediate pipe from the right air duct pipe.

Fig 9: Identifying Bolt
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NOTE: Ignore -item 1-.

-- Remove nut -1-, remove the bracket -2- for the right air duct pipe.

Fig 10: Identifying Nut And Bracket
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-- Remove the right air duct pipe toward the rear.

-- Remove the banjo bolt -arrow-.

Fig 11: Identifying Banjo Bolt
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-- Remove the guide pins for the glide track -1- and for the tensioning rail -2-.

Fig 12: Identifying Guide Pins For Glide Track And Tensioning Rail
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NOTE: Ignore T40246.

Continued for both sides: 

Fig 13: Identifying Cylinder Head Bolts
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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