Re: Wastegate removal

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <3789381E.83BC191F@remdesign.com> Wallace White writes:

> I removed the four nuts holding it to the exhaust manifold's studs. Then
> I moved to the three nuts holding it to the wastegate pipe's studs. I
> started turning one with a 12mm wrench and I've now turned it enough
> that it should have moved a good bit... but I can't tell that it has,
> which worries me.

On my car, those aren't studs - they're bolts.  If you read my checklist
for removing the MB head, these nuts get a special mention:

   - Using a 3/8ths drive 13mm six-point socket & a taped UJ, undo
     wastegate to downpipe nuts - assistant required

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 Phil Payne
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