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Offline Wazzzer

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Re: Removing turbo
« Reply #10 on: 12 October 2013, 12:08 »
There's still not a great deal of room once the downpipe is out the way and I could never see how you're meant to get the turbo out from the bottom, I've always removed it from the top


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Re: Removing turbo
« Reply #11 on: 12 October 2013, 17:34 »
There's still not a great deal of room once the downpipe is out the way and I could never see how you're meant to get the turbo out from the bottom, I've always removed it from the top

I pulled it from the top in the end, didn't remove the mani though, not a bad job, just fiddly in places, I recommend a friend to help

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Re: Removing turbo
« Reply #12 on: 12 October 2013, 21:33 »
It might be worth cracking the nuts holding the mani on while everything is out just to make sure they're not seized if you need to take them off in the future. I replaced all of mine with stainless aerotight nuts


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Re: Removing turbo
« Reply #13 on: 13 October 2013, 08:01 »
I agree with wazzer take it from the top its a pain in the but ov a job but it can be done in a day  :grin: just be carefull ov the oil feed pips  :wink: