Left Coolant Pipe, Removing And Installing: Removing

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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.

-- Open the coolant expansion tank cap -1- briefly by releasing the catch in direction of -arrow- if necessary.

Fig 1: Coolant Expansion Tank

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-- Remove the engine cover. Refer to Engine Cover, Removing And Installing .

-- 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.

-- Remove the coolant pipe.