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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: CrusherCurtis on July 10, 2009, 11:19:34 AM

Title: How to removie intake manifold from e30?
Post by: CrusherCurtis on July 10, 2009, 11:19:34 AM

Any one have any links to maybe a D.I.Y. with pictures for removing my intake manifold.

Title: How to removie intake manifold from e30?
Post by: P. Kennedy on July 10, 2009, 12:25:48 PM

You shouldn't need any photos or a D.I.Y.  Start at the air filter and work your way back to the intake.  It's just nuts and bolts.

Title: How to removie intake manifold from e30?
Post by: BraveUlysses on July 10, 2009, 02:22:27 PM

^yup.

Take some pics as you pull it apart, it can be a mess once you get far enough into it and the part diagrams leave things to be desired.

Title: How to removie intake manifold from e30?
Post by: tjts1 on July 10, 2009, 02:43:41 PM

You need a really big hammer.

Title: How to removie intake manifold from e30?
Post by: melloh on July 10, 2009, 03:23:57 PM

The biggest PITA is the crazy mess of hoses.  Someone (the hammer man himself ^^) already wrote up how to reduce that mess and it helps a LOT.  I just finished this job. Though I'm chasing down new leaks (not directly related to hose reduction), I'm glad I got rid of them hoses.  Unfortunately, I now have a box of brand new OEM coolant hoses...

Also, be sure to get replacement gaskets.

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