With the coolant partially drained, it's time to really start digging into this.


These aluminum pipes carry coolant to/from the heater core (for blowing toasty warm air into the cabin):




Some aspects of this pipe assembly and the hoses attached to it in front of the engine are in the way of turbo stuff, so out it comes. It will be replaced by hoses later:








Moving the hose clamps out of the way is the easy part. Disconnecting the hoses is the fun part. They were really stuck for me. I ended up very carefully working a flat blade screwdriver under the hose, all around, to break the hoses free from the aluminum. Patience is useful here. Notice that one of the hoses comes off with the pipes. Don't wast your time separating that hose from the pipe assembly.

Also, there will still be some coolant in these pipes/hoses. Have something ready to catch it when it pours out, and you might as well bend hoses around to pour as much out as possible now rather than let it surprise you later.


This aluminum pipe under the alternator was connected to those coolant pipes with a hose.




It needs to point more upward that it originally was. The instructions say to put a box wrench around the pipe, then gently rotate it upward. I didn't have a wrench large enough, but a 3/8" socket extention fit INSIDE the pipe nicely and did the same job.

This next picture shows 3 things:



1) My screwdriver is pointing out a hose that was still VERY full of coolant. Be prepared!
3) The small pipe that I just rotated upwards, but in its original more downward orientation (straight up from where my screwdriver is pointing).
3) The yellow line is crossing through one of the radiator hoses. That hose is also in the way of turbo stuff, so it must be trimmed, about where the yellow line is.




Much more room! An anti-abrasion sheath on that hose also needs to be repositioned (it's quite obvious where it needs to be). The instructions include a helpful tip to use the hose clamp as a cutting guide for a nice straight cut, using a long blade. I used a utility knife like this, where the blade can be extended out quite long:

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And I need to sleep now. To be continued...