Left Coolant Pipe, Removing And Installing: Removing

CAUTION:

The cooling system is under pressure when the engine is warm. Risk of scalding due to hot steam and hot coolant.

Scalding the skin and other parts of the body is possible.

- Wear safety gloves.

- Wear protective eyewear.

- Reduce the pressure by covering the coolant expansion tank cap with a cloth and carefully opening it.

-- Briefly open the coolant expansion tank cap -1- by releasing the catch -arrow-.

Fig 1: Coolant Expansion Tank

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-- Remove the engine cover. Refer to ENGINE COVER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Vehicle with particulate filter: remove the connector -1- for the Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor 4 -G648- from the bracket.

Fig 2: Locating Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor 3 -G495-

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-- Free up the electrical wire.

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-- Remove the bolts -1 and 2-.

-- Place a cloth underneath to catch any escaping coolant.

-- Loosen the hose clamps -arrows-, then clamp off the coolant hoses with the :3094 and remove the hoses.