Remove Cross-over pipe

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To remove your cross-over:

It is easy but not so easy to remove. These are the steps I am recommending for ease of removal. If you have removed a cross-over yourself and I skipped something or added something you think is not needed....say so but back up why you are adding/omitting the step!

As with anything in the engine compartment to save you from a miss-placed or rouge tool movement...DISCONNECT ONE OF YOUR BATTERY TERMINALS! ;)

The night before or at least a few hours before you start you should hose down all the nuts and bolts to the cross-over with PB Blaster or some sort of Penetrating Fluid. If this is the first time any of these bolts are coming off they will be heat cycled a million times with rust in the thread bores. If you feel one that just does not want to move you might try heating around the nut with a torch. BE VERY CAREFUL! If you burn down your car or garage it is NOT MY FAULT!! :icon_exclaim:

1). Remove the upper and lower charge pipes.
2). Remove stock air inlet hose or filter on the turbo inlet.
3). While doing that drain out some of your coolant.
4). With coolant level lower than the upper radiator hose, REMOVE upper radiator hose and goose neck going to the thermostat.


Now that everything surrounding the cross-over is removed we can get to the heart of the beast! ;)

There are 4 bolts (13mm) and 6 nuts (13mm). Tools I used are 3/8 drive ratchet, an 18" extension, a swivel head attachment and wobbly attachment, and a 13mm box wrench.

What is needed to make a replacement:

1). Both flange ends with flange clamps (the things sliding around loose on the pipes).
2). The turbo flange and connected piping.
Happy motoring!
-Kenny :icon_cool: