Removal Procedure

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Drain the cooling system. Refer to Draining and Filling Cooling System .
Disconnect the engine block heater cord (1) from the block heater.

Fig 1: Disconnecting Engine Block Heater Cord
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Remove the engine block heater from the engine block.

Fig 2: Removing Engine Block Heater
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